Copilot Chat v0.33: Claude Web Search & Code Edits
Claude web search and code edits land in Copilot Chat v0.33. Service injection refactor improves architecture. Multiple model-specific fixes.
TL;DR
- Claude web_search tool now available in Copilot Chat
- Claude code edits integrated with VS Code's edit session model
- Service injection refactor for completions and context management
New
- Claude web_search tool support — Claude models can now search the web directly within chat, expanding context beyond your codebase.
- Claude code edits integration — Code edits from Claude models now work with VS Code's native edit session model for better workflow consistency.
- Experimental reranker service — New service for ranking context relevance (experimental).
- PR description generation from templates — Generate pull request descriptions based on custom templates.
Fixed
- Model-specific capabilities — Fixed auto mode not properly applying capabilities specific to each model.
- Linkifier now correctly navigates to methods in qualified names.
- Uncommitted flow now behaves consistently with other flows.
- Bash script generation no longer produces excessively long files.
Changed
- Service injection refactor — Completions and context management now use service injection for better modularity.
- Copilot CLI information removed from terminal output.
- Custom OpenAI-compatible API defaults back to chat/completions endpoint.
- Claude-4.5 default prompts updated.
Update with: code --install-extension GitHub.Copilot-Chat or check for updates in VS Code Extensions.
Source: Copilot Chat
