Claude Haiku 5.5 in GitHub Copilot
Quick Answer
Claude Haiku 5.5, Anthropic's lightweight model, is now available in GitHub Copilot, offering fast performance for coding tasks with fewer tokens.
Quick Take
It matches Claude Sonnet 5 in early tests while being more efficient. Available for various Copilot users, rollout will be gradual.
Key Points
- Claude Haiku 5.5 designed for high-volume tasks like subagents and terminal work.
- Matches Claude Sonnet 5 in coding tasks while using fewer tokens and steps.
- Available for Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.
- Access can be managed by administrators in Copilot settings.
- Gradual rollout; check back if not yet available.
📖 Reader Mode
~1 min readClaude Haiku 5.5, Anthropic’s newest lightweight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for fast, high-volume work like subagents, quick edits, and terminal tasks. In early testing, Haiku 5.5 matched Claude Sonnet 5 on many coding tasks while using significantly fewer tokens and steps.
This model is billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing. See Models and pricing for GitHub Copilot for details.
Availability in GitHub Copilot
Claude Haiku 5.5 is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. You can select the model in the model picker in:
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio
- Copilot CLI
- GitHub Copilot cloud agent
- GitHub Copilot app
- github.com
- GitHub Mobile on iOS and Android
- JetBrains IDEs
- Xcode
- Eclipse
Rollout will be gradual. Check back soon if you don’t see it yet.
Enabling access
Copilot Enterprise and Copilot Business plan administrators can manage access to Claude Haiku 5.5 through the model policy in Copilot settings. Under default model enablement, new models are automatically enabled unless an administrator has turned off the global default or explicitly disables this model.
Learn more
To explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our documentation on models and get started with Copilot.
Join the GitHub Community to share your feedback.
— Originally published at github.blog
Want this in your inbox every morning?
Daily brief at your local 8am — bilingual EN/中文, free.
More from GitHub Copilot Changelog
See more →
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains adds improved OpenTelemetry configuration and model management
The latest GitHub Copilot for JetBrains update enhances workflow control with OpenTelemetry configuration, improved model management, and support for servers in Claude agent flows, facilitating better observability and cost control for enterprise users.
