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Microsoft Developer (Build) · Aug 18, 2026 · Engineering Insights

GitHub Copilot CLI supports multi-model selection across Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft providers

“the model picker in CLI has models from Anthropic. So your cloud models are there, your OpenAI um GPT models are here. There's also some Google Gemini ones, the Kimmy models are here as well.”

A Microsoft developer advocate demo at Build shows GitHub Copilot CLI's multi-provider model picker, which spans Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft MAI models. The 'auto' mode dynamically routes prompts based on task type, system health, and model performance, offering a 10% discount. The talk is a hands-on lightning demo rather than a formal product announcement, limiting its signal weight.

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