Copilot Chat v0.33.2025101601: CLI & Thinking Updates

TL;DR

• Thinking support added to CLI integration
• Copilot CLI terminal handling overhauled with new instance creation
• LanguageModelProxyProvider implemented for better model abstraction

New

• Thinking in CLI integration — Extended thinking capability now works with Copilot CLI, enabling deeper reasoning in terminal-based workflows.
• LanguageModelProxyProvider — New provider implementation for better language model abstraction and flexibility.
• PATH environment variable prepending — Add ability to prepend paths to system PATH, useful for custom tool integration.
• Edit retry flow — Edits can now retry following analyzeEdits, improving recovery from failed code modifications.

Fixed

• Request blocker check — Fixed request blocker validation logic.
• NES completions for no-auth users — Enabled completions and NES (Next Edit Suggestion) for users without authentication.
• GitHub coding agent provider — Fixed issues in the gh coding agent provider.
• Debug view noise — Hidden nes.nextCursorPosition requests from debug view to reduce clutter.
• Active editor switch triggering — NES now properly triggers when switching between active editors.

Changed

• Copilot CLI terminal integration — Updated to always create new terminal instances instead of reusing existing ones.
• Copilot coding agent chat participant — Moved to new location in codebase.
• Start debugging intent removed — Removed the start debugging intent from the system.
• Thinking tool cleanup — Deleted the thinking tool implementation.

Update with: code --install-extension ms-copilot.copilot-chat

Source: Copilot Chat