Claude Opus 5 is now available in GitHub Copilot
Quick Answer
Claude Opus 5, Anthropic's latest model, is now integrated into GitHub Copilot, enhancing coding tasks with improved reasoning and tool coordination.
Quick Take
Available for Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users, it features safeguards against high-harm content and is billed under usage-based pricing.
Key Points
- Opus 5 excels in complex coding workflows, including autonomous code changes and regression verification.
- Enhanced safeguards may block high-harm cyber content requests, requiring rephrasing for access.
- Available in various IDEs, including Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, and Xcode.
- Gradual rollout; check availability in Copilot settings for Enterprise and Business users.
- Billed at provider API list price under usage-based billing.
DeepSignal Analysis
What happened
Claude Opus 5, the latest model from Anthropic, is now integrated into GitHub Copilot. This model is tailored for complex coding tasks that require advanced reasoning and coordination of multiple tools. It is available to users on various Copilot plans, including Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise.
Key evidence
- Claude Opus 5 is designed for complex coding tasks, emphasizing careful reasoning and effective tool use.
- The model includes enhanced safeguards against high-harm cyber content, which may block certain requests.
- Availability is limited to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users, with gradual rollout across various platforms.
Why it matters
The integration of Claude Opus 5 into GitHub Copilot represents a significant advancement in AI-assisted coding. Its focus on complex tasks and improved reasoning capabilities could enhance productivity for developers. The safeguards against harmful content also indicate a commitment to security, which is increasingly important in software development environments.
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~2 min readClaude Opus 5, Anthropic’s newest Opus model, is now available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for complex, long-running coding tasks that require careful reasoning, effective tool use, and reliable execution across multiple steps.
In our early testing, Opus 5 showed strong performance on agentic coding workflows, including autonomous code changes, regression verification, and tasks that require coordinating multiple tools. The model was especially effective at making targeted changes, validating its work, and reducing unnecessary execution overhead on complex tasks.
The model includes enhanced safeguards for high-harm cyber content. These safeguards may block some cyber-related or security-adjacent requests. If a request is blocked, try rephrasing it with additional benign context or select another available model.
Claude Opus 5 is billed at provider API list price under usage-based billing. See GitHub Copilot’s pricing for models and requests for details.
Availability in GitHub Copilot
Claude Opus 5 will be available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. You’ll be able to 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 iOS and Android
- JetBrains
- 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 must enable the Claude Opus 5 policy in Copilot settings.
Learn more
To explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our documentation on models and get started with Copilot.
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— Originally published at github.blog
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