MCP server connections for GitHub Copilot code review reach general availability, limited to read-only

GitHub moved MCP server connections and agent skills for Copilot code review from public preview to general availability on July 29, covering Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. MCP connections pull context from third-party platforms such as issue trackers and documentation systems directly into a review, and agent skills let the reviewer invoke team-specific tools and standards from SKILL.md files under .github/skills.

Two constraints define the GA shape. All MCP tool calls performed by Copilot code review are limited to read-only, and the GitHub MCP Server and Playwright MCP are turned on by default. MCP configurations already set up for the Copilot cloud agent apply to code review automatically; new configurations live under repository settings, Copilot, MCP servers, with authentication tokens under Secrets and variables, Agents.

Review comments now carry attribution indicating when a comment was generated using agent skills or MCP context. The entry names no spec revision and no server version, so this is a product-availability record rather than a spec-adoption record in the tracker's terms.