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GitHub Copilot Dashboard Adds Chat and Agent Metrics
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- →Enterprise admins can now track AI adoption beyond just code completion, including chat and agent interactions.
- →The 'Chat-first users' rebranding provides a more accurate reflection of developer engagement patterns.
- →Visibility into VS Code Agents window usage helps organizations understand the shift toward autonomous coding workflows.
GitHub has updated its Copilot impact dashboard to include usage metrics for Copilot Chat and the VS Code Agents window. These additions bring the total tracked experiences to nine, allowing enterprise owners and organization admins to monitor engagement across a broader range of AI tools. The update also renames the 'Passive users' cohort to 'Chat-first users' to better reflect developers who engage with chat features but do not meet the criteria for higher adoption phases. These metrics are available in 28-day reports for enterprise and organization accounts, provided the usage metrics policy is enabled.
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GitHub Copilot Chat GA in Slack and Teams↳ GitHub Copilot Chat is now GA in Slack and Teams with auto-detecting repos and direct issue creation capabilities. - Nov 6 · GitHub Changelog
GitHub Copilot Dashboard Adds Chat and Agent Metrics (This article)↳ GitHub Copilot Dashboard now tracks nine experiences including Chat and Agents, rebranding passive users to chat-first users.
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