Copilot CLI v0.0.415: MCP & Agent Fixes
Copilot CLI 0.0.415 fixes UTF-8 BOM handling, adds model field for custom agents, improves MCP server organization, and enhances input navigation with better visual line handling.
TL;DR
- UTF-8 BOM handling fixed for Windows editors; skill files now load correctly
- Custom agents gain
modelfield support; unknown fields warn instead of fail - Plan approval menu now highlights recommended actions and autopilot+fleet for parallel work
- MCP startup errors no longer hang the env loading indicator
New
- show_file tool — Present code and diffs directly to users in the CLI
- Env loading indicator — Visual feedback while skills, MCPs, plugins load
- Model field for custom agents — Specify which model powers your agent
- /mcp show grouping — Servers organized into User, Workspace, Plugins, Built-in sections with full navigation
- Improved plan approval menu — Model-curated actions with recommended option highlighted first; autopilot+fleet option for parallelizable work
- Enhanced input navigation — Ctrl+A/E cycle visual lines in wrapped input; Home/End navigate within visual lines; Ctrl+Home/End jump to text boundaries
Fixed
- UTF-8 BOM parsing — Skill files saved with UTF-8 BOM (common on Windows) no longer fail with frontmatter parse errors
- MCP startup hangs — Env loading indicator no longer hangs indefinitely on MCP startup error or session resume
- Giant single-line truncation — MCP tool results with extremely long single lines now truncate correctly
- Plugin paths with spaces —
/plugin marketplace addand/plugin installnow support local paths containing spaces
Improved
- Unknown agent fields — Now warn instead of blocking agent load, allowing forward compatibility
- Agent model awareness — Agent now knows which model is powering it when asked
Update with: npm install -g @github/copilot-cli@0.0.415
Source: Copilot CLI