New features and improvements in Copilot for JetBrains
TL;DR
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains 1.18.0 adds AI-assisted tool approvals in public preview, which auto-approve low-risk tool calls and still prompt for riskier ones. You can now re-edit earlier messages in agent sessions, with conversation and file changes rewound first. Organization and enterprise skills and custom instructions now work in local and agent sessions, and the Codex agent lets you review, refine or approve a plan before implementation.
Nauti's Take
The update removes a real annoyance from agentic coding: fewer approval clicks and plan review for the Codex agent are clear progress for day-to-day flow in JetBrains. Automatically classifying tool calls as low-risk is still in preview, though, and a wrong call can trigger unwanted changes in the repo.
Teams using shared skills benefit most, yet they should enable auto-approvals first in projects with solid version control.
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