# GitHub — New controls and chat improvements in Copilot for JetBrains

- Company: GitHub (github.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-10T18:53:39+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-10-new-controls-and-chat-improvements-in-copilot-for-jetbrains
- Record: https://forck.live/items/19104-new-controls-and-chat-improvements-in-copilot-for-jetbrains
- Subject: Copilot
- Models affected: Claude

GitHub added enterprise controls for default Copilot agent models and MCP server startup in Copilot for JetBrains. The update also improves chat navigation, diagnostics with a Fix action, and account controls. Support for JetBrains IDE 2025.1 has ended, requiring version 2025.2 or later.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-10-new-controls-and-chat-improvements-in-copilot-for-jetbrains:

> Enterprise administrators can now use managed settings to choose any available Copilot agent model as the default for new conversations. This gives organizations more control over the starting model while still preserving an explicit model picker choice.

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