GitHub Copilot in Eclipse: BYOK, Skills, Chat Updates
GitHub Copilot in Eclipse gets a major refresh: new chat UI, BYOK support for Business/Enterprise, skills and prompt files, thinking blocks, and better ABAP support. Update now from the Eclipse Marketplace.
TL;DR
- Refreshed chat UI with model picker and context window visibility
- BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) now available for Business and Enterprise users
- New skills and prompt files support for reusable workflows
- Thinking blocks and adjustable reasoning effort for supported models
New
- Refreshed chat view — New combo picker for selecting chat modes and models with inline model details
- Context window indicator — Donut chart shows token usage at a glance; click to see per-session breakdown
- BYOK for Business and Enterprise — Configure your own API keys for custom models when enabled by your organization
- Better ABAP support — Improved context-aware responses for ABAP projects with directory reading and local file search
- Custom instructions preferences — Choose between loading instructions from all projects or only referenced projects
- Skills and prompt files — Define reusable prompts under
/.github/skills/and/.github/prompts/; invoke with/slash command - Thinking blocks in chat — View Copilot's reasoning process for models that support it; expand or collapse as needed
- Selectable thinking effort — Adjust reasoning depth for supported models to balance latency and answer quality
Update: Install or update GitHub Copilot for Eclipse via Eclipse Marketplace (Help → Eclipse Marketplace → search
Source: GitHub Changelog
