GitHub adds Claude and Codex

GitHub said on February 26 that Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex coding agents are now available to Copilot Business and Copilot Pro subscribers, widening access beyond the Enterprise and Pro+ tiers that received the feature earlier in the month. The company said developers can run Claude, Codex and GitHub’s own Copilot inside github.com, GitHub Mobile and Visual Studio Code under the same workflow. GitHub said the feature is included in existing paid Copilot subscriptions and remains in public preview. The company’s pricing page also lists Claude and Codex as available on Pro plans at $10 per user per month. ### When did GitHub actually make this change? GitHub dated the broader rollout to February 26, 2026, in a changelog post titled “Claude and Codex now available for Copilot Business & Pro users.” That post says Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ customers received access earlier in February and that the February 26 update expanded availability to more teams. (github.blog) GitHub had announced the earlier public preview on February 2 in a community post for Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise customers. That earlier notice described the same two third-party coding agents — Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI Codex — as available inside GitHub, GitHub Mobile and VS Code. ### What do subscribers get inside Copilot? GitHub said users can start agent sessions from repository “Agents” tabs, from GitHub Mobile and from VS Code. (github.blog) The changelog says those agents share history, context and memory across surfaces, and can work with repository code and history, issues and pull requests, Copilot Memory, and repository instructions and policies. (github.com) The February 2 community post said users can also assign issues directly to Claude, Codex, Copilot or all three, and the selected agent can submit a draft pull request for review. In pull requests, users can ask for updates with comments that mention `@copilot`, `@claude` or `@codex`, according to the same post. ### What does GitHub say about pricing and usage? GitHub said no separate subscription is required for Claude and Codex access on eligible Copilot plans. (github.blog) The company also said each coding-agent session consumes one premium request during public preview. GitHub’s pricing page lists Copilot Pro at $10 per user per month with 300 premium requests and the option to buy more, while Copilot Pro+ is listed at $39 per user per month with 1,500 premium requests. (github.com) The same page says additional premium requests can be purchased at $0.04 each. ### Which plans and controls matter for teams? GitHub said Copilot Business administrators must enable partner agents at both the enterprise and organization levels before users can access Claude or Codex. (github.blog) The February 26 changelog points admins to Enterprise AI Controls and then to organization-level Copilot coding-agent settings to turn the partner agents on. (github.com) The pricing page describes the cloud agent feature as available across paid tiers, with the ability to delegate tasks to third-party coding agents marked as a preview capability. That places Claude and Codex inside GitHub’s broader push to let teams assign coding work from within Copilot rather than through separate tools. ### Where can developers use Claude and Codex now? GitHub said the agents run inside github.com, GitHub Mobile and VS Code. (github.blog) The changelog says VS Code support requires version 1.109 or later and lets users open agent sessions from the title bar or Command Palette. GitHub’s current plans page says Claude and Codex are available on GitHub and VS Code for Pro users, alongside access to models from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and others. (github.com) The company’s setup steps for Pro users direct them to Copilot coding-agent settings to choose which repositories Claude and Codex can access. ### What should readers watch next? (github.blog) GitHub says the feature is still in public preview, so pricing, request accounting and model availability may change before general release. The company’s changelog, pricing page and Copilot settings documentation are the places GitHub points users to for rollout status, repository controls and supported environments.