# GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.25 — MCP Registry Integration

> Copilot CLI can now install MCP servers straight from the registry, run remote sessions, and hand MCP to ACP clients.

- Org: GitHub
- Date: 2026-04-13
- Category: tool
- Source: https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.25
- Canonical page: https://ai-tldr.dev/releases/github-copilot-cli-1-0-25/

## In short

GitHub Copilot CLI adds direct MCP server registry installs, remote session control, a /env command, and ACP-client MCP support in an 18-item patch release.

## What it is

GitHub Copilot CLI is GitHub's official terminal agent — the same Copilot coding agent, usable interactively from a shell, with session history, slash commands, and full GitHub-auth integration. Version 1.0.25 is an 18-item update in the official github/copilot-cli repo; the repo has 10k stars and 228 total releases since launch.

## How it works

The headline feature is guided MCP-server installation directly from the MCP registry inside the CLI — you pick a server, the CLI configures it and wires it into the current session. A sibling change lets ACP (Agent Client Protocol) clients supply their own MCP servers over stdio, HTTP, or SSE. Session plumbing also gets tighter: model resolution now persists across resumes, a new /env command dumps loaded environment details, and --remote / /remote flags let you drive an active session from another terminal.

## Why it matters

MCP has become the lingua franca for giving agents new tools, but installing and configuring servers is still fiddly. Copilot CLI treating the MCP registry as a first-class install target pushes MCP a step closer to 'apt-get for agents' — and because Copilot CLI already ships to anyone with a GitHub login, this change exposes that workflow to a very large audience in a single release.

## Who it's for

Developers who live in the terminal and are trying to standardize on MCP for agent tools.

## Try it

gh copilot --help

## Links

- [Release notes](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.25)
- [Repo](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli)
- [All releases](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/releases)