Raptor mini is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot (github.blog)

GitHub has begun a public preview rollout of Raptor mini, an experimental Copilot model now selectable inside Visual Studio Code for Pro, Pro+, and Free users. You can choose Raptor mini from the Copilot Chat model picker and use it across chat, ask, edit, and agent modes; the rollout is gradual, so availability may vary. Documentation on Copilot models and a community discussion are available for exploring differences and sharing feedback. For the AI/ML community, Raptor mini’s appearance in a widely used developer tool is notable because public previews let practitioners directly test new model behaviors, trade-offs, and integration patterns in real developer workflows. While GitHub hasn’t published detailed benchmarks, the preview provides an opportunity to evaluate response quality, latency, and prompting behavior across common coding tasks and agent-driven workflows. If you see it in your VS Code, try it in different modes and share findings in the community forum to help shape the model’s evolution.