When will Cloude Opus 4.1 be available for Copilot with Visual Studio Code

[kevincruzai]

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I know this is a very early question, but I'd like to know when it will be available so I can adapt it to my new project.

[soumik171]

Availability Overview:
Claude Opus 4.1 was officially released by Anthropic on August 5, 2025 
It is available through multiple channels, including paid Claude subscriptions, Claude Code, the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google
Cloud Vertex AI.

Access via GitHub Copilot (including VS Code):

• Anthropic also integrated Claude Opus 4.1 into GitHub Copilot, making it available to users on the Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ plans T
• In Visual Studio Code, the model is accessible exclusively in “Ask Mode”—meaning you can call it by designating it in the chat-based interactions, but it’s not available for inline completions or edit suggestions.

If you’re using a paid GitHub Copilot Enterprise or Pro+ plan, and your administrator has enabled the model via Copilot policy settings, you’ll now see Opus 4.1 in the Copilot Chat model picker within VS Code (under Ask mode). It may take a short rollout period to appear in your environment if it doesn’t show up immediately.

[jwtiyar]

So no hope to pro users?

[younesnoorzahi]

Claude Opus 4.1 is available now (since August 5, 2025) in Copilot for VS Code, but only in Ask mode and for Copilot Enterprise or Pro+ users.

[t36campbell]

Yup its only available in Ask mode. I noticed that in the most recent release of VS Code (1.104), you can now change models mid-conversation without losing context. I have started asking Opus to outline tasks first, then switch to a smaller model like Sonnet to implement the changes. This workflow has worked well for me over the last few days.

Manually switching models looks like an additional benefit of the new Auto Model selection feature.

[im-lunex]

Hey @kevincruzai,

Claude Opus 4.1 was officially released by Anthropic on August 5, 2025. It is available through multiple channels, including paid Claude subscriptions, Claude Code, the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud Vertex AI.

Access via GitHub Copilot (including VS Code):

• Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ users: Claude Opus 4.1 is integrated into GitHub Copilot and is accessible in Visual Studio Code.

• VS Code Integration: In Visual Studio Code, the model is accessible exclusively in “Ask Mode”—meaning you can call it by designating it in the chat-based interactions, but it’s not available for inline completions or edit suggestions.

If you're using a paid GitHub Copilot Enterprise or Pro+ plan, and your administrator has enabled the model via Copilot policy settings, you’ll now see Opus 4.1 in the Copilot Chat model picker within VS Code (under Ask mode). It may take a short rollout period to appear in your environment if it doesn’t show up immediately.