Copilot for JetBrains lets admins set the default model and lets users turn off automatic MCP server startup
The IDE plugin gets enterprise controls too: the organization sets the default model, and people decide when MCP tools start.
// Key points
- Admins can use managed settings to make any available Copilot agent model the default for new conversations; users can still choose another in the picker.
- A new setting turns off automatic startup for the MCP servers used by Copilot and Claude.
- Diagnostic menus get a Fix action that opens inline chat and asks Copilot to repair the issue, using agent mode when available and ask mode otherwise.
- Support for JetBrains IDE 2025.1 has ended; the plugin needs 2025.2 or later.
Builder's takeMCP servers that connect as soon as the IDE opens hand out external tool access by default, so I’d have the team turn automatic startup off and start servers when needed. A shared default model also makes cost and output quality easier to compare. Anyone still on 2025.1 needs to upgrade the IDE first.
// Background · from #Coding agents
Full timeline →- Oct 11 Claude Code 2.1.296 extends gateway policies to Claude Desktop’s Code tab and stops edits from mangling non-UTF-8 files such as GBK
- Oct 10 Claude Code 2.1.295 lets hooks fail closed and lets the gateway limit models and time to first byte per upstream
- Oct 10 Codex CLI 0.162.0 adds managed Git worktree tools and tightens several Linux sandbox gaps