GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now supports changing AI models in the chat

[rakleed]

Code of Conduct

• I have read and agree to the GitHub Docs project's Code of Conduct

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

• https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/changing-the-ai-model-for-copilot-chat
• https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/copilot-chat/asking-github-copilot-questions-in-your-ide?tool=jetbrains

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

The latest version of GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now supports changing AI models in the chat. This feature is supported for the following models: GPT 4o, GPT o1 (Preview), and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Make sure to update the documentation to include this information.

Additional information

I'm not sure that I will have time, so it would be nice if someone made changes to the documentation.

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Update by a maintainer

Changes to resolve this issue

In Changing the AI model for Copilot Chat

1. Copy the information for one of the existing IDEs, for example: the content from {% vscode %} to {% endvscode %}, and add it to the bottom of the file.
2. Update the liquid tags at the start and end of the copied content, replacing vscode in with jetbrains.
3. In the copied content, update the section on "Changing your AI model" to describe how to perform this task in JetBrains.

In Asking GitHub Copilot questions in your IDE:

1. Locate the section that defines the content for JetBrains ({% jetbrains %}).
2. Add the "AI models for Copilot Chat" section by copying the content from these lines:

   docs/content/copilot/using-github-copilot/copilot-chat/asking-github-copilot-questions-in-your-ide.md

   Lines 244 to 246 in a3b4614

   	## AI models for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_chat_short %}
   	{% data reusables.copilot.change-the-ai-model %}

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content/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/index.md

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[felicitymay]

@rakleed - thank you for letting us know about the change to GitHub Copilot in JetBrains 💖

I talked to our writing team and they agree that it would be good to update the two articles that you mention with this information. I'm going to update the issue summary with details of what needs to be updated and then tag this issue as help-wanted.

[rakleed]

By the way, with the latest update, they added Gemini 2.0 Flash.

[felicitymay]

Thanks for the update. Since the list of models that are supported in each IDE or environment is available in the UI, we're not going to list which models are supported by each IDE. We'll just continue to report the models that are supported by Copilot itself.

[rakleed]

I guess, you also need to update https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/using-claude-sonnet-in-github-copilot and https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/using-gemini-flash-in-github-copilot

[hubwriter]

With the exception of https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/using-gemini-in-github-copilot (which I'll update), all of these articles have now been updated.