Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4 are now generally available in GitHub Copilot

[thispaul]

The next generation of AI assistance has arrived!

Hey GitHub Community! 👋

We're thrilled to announce that Anthropic's latest and most advanced models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4—are now generally available within GitHub Copilot! This exciting integration brings unprecedented AI capabilities directly into your development workflow.

Read the announcement here

What's special about these new models?

Claude Opus 4 is Anthropic's most powerful model to date:

• Excels at complex problem-solving challenges
• Powers frontier AI agents with sophisticated reasoning
• Available to Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ subscribers'

Claude Sonnet 4 builds on the developer-favorite Claude Sonnet 3.7:

• Perfectly balanced for coding workflows
• Optimized for performance and practicality
• Available to all paid GitHub Copilot plans

How to access these models

For individual users:

• Access these models through the chat and agent mode model pickers in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse
• Use them in GitHub Copilot Chat directly on github.com

For Copilot Enterprise administrators:

• You'll need to enable access through a new policy in Copilot settings
• Verify availability by checking your individual Copilot settings
• Confirm that the policy is set to enabled for each specific model
• Once enabled, the models will appear in the Copilot Chat model selector in VS Code and on github.com

Learn more and get started

Want to understand the pricing details? Check out our pricing documentation.

New to Copilot? Get started with GitHub Copilot today and experience how AI can transform your development process.

We want to hear from you!

Have questions, feedback, or just excited about these new models? Join the conversation below! Your insights help us improve and evolve GitHub Copilot to better serve your needs.

Happy coding! 💻✨

[kris-cloudaccess]

Ok but do I understand correctly, they're only available for copilot chat and NOT for copilot autocompletion?

[thispaul]

correct, these models are available in the model picker for Copilot Chat

[onedev655]

I'm working in the field of Lua and C#. Are your training data current like Claude's in 2025, or are they still stuck at April/June 2024? Because if not, that's a huge problem.

[dehlers-cts]

When will I get Claude Sonnet 4 Thinking with Agent Mode?

[paulchill]

i can't see Opus 4 in agent mode?

[tats-u]

Let us waste Premium Request by Opus 4(.1) + Agent Mode (especially at the end of the month).