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title: "GitHub Copilot in Eclipse: BYOK, skills, and chat updates"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-in-eclipse-byok-skills-and-chat-updates-9dm5q4vvo
source_url: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-02-github-copilot-in-eclipse-byok-skills-and-chat-updates
type: article
source: "GitHub Changelog"
published: 2026-06-02T17:42:59.322Z
updated: 2026-06-02T17:43:19.481Z
tags: ["github", "java", "sap", "ai-assisted-development"]
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# GitHub Copilot in Eclipse: BYOK, skills, and chat updates

**[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

GitHub Copilot for Eclipse receives a significant update with several new features: a refreshed chat view with a combo picker for models and modes, a context window usage indicator showing token consumption, Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for Business and Enterprise users, improved ABAP language support, configurable custom instructions loading, skills and prompt files via slash commands, thinking blocks for reasoning models, and selectable thinking effort levels.

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