GitHub launched verified MCP connectors for Copilot, with 26 services at launch

Archive entry: this covers an event from October 28, 2026, and we published it on November 8, 2026. The details come from sources dated at the time and may have changed since.

On October 28, 2026, GitHub began rolling out GitHub-verified MCP servers, called connectors, in public preview on all Copilot plans. The announcement is in the GitHub changelog entry on connecting tools to Copilot.

What changed

• Users picked a service and signed in, with no server to find, nothing to install locally and no credentials to manage.
• 26 services were available at launch, including Slack, Figma, Notion, Sentry, Linear, Atlassian Rovo, Cloudflare, Vercel and Work IQ.
• A service connected in one place worked across the Copilot app, Copilot CLI, VS Code, Copilot in the cloud and GitHub Mobile.
• In Copilot CLI, connectors were managed through /mcp in a Connectors tab.

What it meant for people building with AI

Hosted, verified MCP servers removed most MCP setup and lowered the risk of installing unknown community servers. Services such as Sentry, Linear and Vercel could be connected to Copilot by signing in rather than by finding and running a server, and the same connection covered the editor, the CLI, the cloud agent and mobile.

Availability and admin settings

Connectors were rolling out in public preview to all Copilot plans. On Copilot Business and Enterprise, an admin had to enable the Editor preview features policy, and enterprises with an MCP allowlist needed extra admin configuration.

Sources

• Connect your tools to Copilot without all the setup (GitHub, October 28, 2026, official)

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