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Awesome GitHub Copilot

Awesome GitHub Copilot (awesome-copilot.github.com) is GitHub's official, community-driven catalog of resources that extend GitHub Copilot. Maintained by GitHub with community contributions, backed by the `github/awesome-copilot` repository. It's the de facto marketplace for Copilot customizations a

GitHub Copilot Canvases

Canvases are durable, shared visual surfaces in the GitHub Copilot App where you and an AI agent operate on the same plan. Instead of workflow state living buried in chat history, a canvas makes it explicit and persistent: phases, decision points, validation gates, and drafts update live as the agen

GitHub Copilot MCP Registry

GitHub Copilot MCP Registry is the ability, in public preview, to point a GitHub organization or enterprise at a private MCP) registry so that GitHub Copilot clients only discover, and optionally only allow, the MCP servers your company approves. Admins configure it under AI Controls → MCP in the or

GitHub Copilot Sandboxing

GitHub Copilot Sandboxing is GitHub's answer to the "agent with full shell access" problem: two complementary isolation modes for running GitHub Copilot CLI agent sessions. Local sandboxing (generally available since 2026-10-07) wraps the commands an agent runs on your machine in an OS-level sandbox

Terminal Multiplexers

Programs that let you run multiple terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote connection. Key capabilities: split panes, multiple windows/tabs, session persistence (detach/reattach), and remote session survival (SSH disconnects don't kill your processes).

Obsidian Callouts

Callouts are styled block elements in Obsidian that highlight important information using a special blockquote syntax. They replace the older Admonition plugin for Obsidian approach with a native, built-in feature.

Obsidian URI

Obsidian URI is the custom `obsidian://` protocol that Obsidian registers with the operating system. It lets any external application (browser, launcher, task manager, script) open vaults, jump to notes, run searches, and create content. No plugin needed; this is the official way to control Obsidian

Agent Plugins - one package format for skills and MCP servers

A new open specification landed: Agent Plugins 1.0, with an initial technical steering committee made of Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI and Vercel. It defines a portable package format for extending agents, so an extension is authored once instead of being repackaged per client.

Remotely Save plugin for Obsidian

Remotely Save, synchronizes an Obsidian vault with cloud storage you already have: Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, any WebDAV server, or S3-compatible object storage (AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, Backblaze B2, and similar). It is a lightweight alternative to Obsidian Sync for people who prefer to

OpenRouter adds unified audio transcription

OpenRouter added speech-to-text to its API. A new endpoint (`POST /api/v1/audio/transcriptions`) accepts base64-encoded audio and returns the transcript as JSON, using the same API key as chat completions, so you don't need a separate STT provider or server.

OpenAI shrank the Codex context window on purpose

OpenAI reduced the Codex model's context size from 372k to 272k tokens. There was no announcement; the change appeared in a pull request in the open-source Codex CLI repo, and that pull request reached the Hacker News front page.

Notebook Navigator is now Obsidian's most popular plugin

The Notebook Navigator plugin for Obsidian just hit a milestone: it's now the #1 most popular plugin in the Obsidian community directory, and should pass a million downloads within weeks.