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GitHub makes Copilot Fusion generally available and says Fusion Max scored 60 on a coding index
GitHub bills each model Fusion uses at its standard rate; the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index score is GitHub's own account.
Check our sources · 6 facts from 1 sourceGitHub says Copilot Fusion is generally available. Instead of choosing a model for each task, you select Fusion and it decides which models to use and how they work together. There are three effort levels, Standard, High and Max, and three workflows, Single, Cascade and Critique.
Fusion is available on all Copilot plans in Visual Studio Code, the GitHub Copilot app, the Copilot CLI and JetBrains IDEs. GitHub bills each model Fusion uses at that model's standard rate, and says paid plans get a 30% discount on model costs for a limited time.
GitHub says Fusion Max scored 60 on the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max; that is GitHub's own account.
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Fact 4 of 6 · from GitHub, 28 Oct 2026
available on all Copilot plans in VS Code, the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI, and JetBrains IDEs
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GitHub's changelog of October 28, 2026 says GitHub Copilot Fusion is generally available and that you select Fusion instead of choosing a model for each task.
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The post says Fusion decides, for each prompt, which models to use and how they work together, and that you choose the effort level: Standard, High or Max.
citeStandard, High, Max effort levels in the model picker
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The post lists three workflows: Single, Cascade and Critique.
citeSingle, Cascade, Critique
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The post says Copilot Fusion is available on all Copilot plans, in Visual Studio Code, the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI and JetBrains IDEs.
citeavailable on all Copilot plans in VS Code, the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI, and JetBrains IDEs
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The post says that when you use Fusion you are billed for each model it uses at each model's standard rate, and that for a limited time users on paid Copilot plans receive a 30% discount on model costs when using Fusion.
citeFor a limited time, paid plan users get a 30% discount on model costs when using Fusion
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GitHub says that in the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, Copilot Fusion Max scored 60, within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max.
citewithin two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max
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Route and orchestrate models with GitHub Copilot Fusion
GitHub's changelog of October 28, 2026 says GitHub Copilot Fusion is generally available and that you select Fusion instead of choosing a model for each task.
generally available
The post says Fusion decides, for each prompt, which models to use and how they work together, and that you choose the effort level: Standard, High or Max.
Standard, High, Max effort levels in the model picker
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The post says Copilot Fusion is available on all Copilot plans, in Visual Studio Code, the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI and JetBrains IDEs.
available on all Copilot plans in VS Code, the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI, and JetBrains IDEs
The post says that when you use Fusion you are billed for each model it uses at each model's standard rate, and that for a limited time users on paid Copilot plans receive a 30% discount on model costs when using Fusion.
For a limited time, paid plan users get a 30% discount on model costs when using Fusion
GitHub says that in the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, Copilot Fusion Max scored 60, within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max.
within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max
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