GitHub Expands Agent HQ With Claude and OpenAI Codex

SAN FRANCISCO: GitHub has officially announced the expansion of its Agent HQ platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI Codex. This move reinforces GitHub’s broader effort to make AI agents a native part of everyday software development.

No additional subscription is required as the integration is available to Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise customers. Developers can work with multiple AI coding agents directly inside GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code.

Developers can start agent sessions and assign work to Claude, Codex, or GitHub Copilot from issues, pull requests, the Agents tab in enabled repositories, and the agent sessions view in VS Code.

Agent HQ supports a multi-agent approach where the same task can be assigned to different agents. This will allow teams to compare how Copilot, Claude, and Codex reason through architectural tradeoffs, edge cases, and implementation strategies.

By keeping agent interactions within existing workflows, developers can move from idea to implementation more easily. They can use different agents for different steps without switching tools or losing context.

Anthropic highlighted the benefit of meeting developers inside their existing collaboration spaces. “We’re bringing Claude into GitHub to meet developers where they are,” said Katelyn Lesse, Head of Platform at Anthropic. “With Agent HQ, Claude can commit code and comment on pull requests, enabling teams to iterate and ship faster and with more confidence.”

OpenAI also emphasized alignment with this vision. Alexander Embiricos from OpenAI added: “We share GitHub’s vision of meeting developers wherever they work, and we’re excited to bring Codex to GitHub and VS Code.”

GitHub confirmed that access to Claude and Codex will expand to additional Copilot subscription tiers. It is also working with Google, Cognition, and xAI to expand the Agent HQ ecosystem across GitHub, VS Code, and the Copilot CLI.