📰 Daily Intelligence Update — 2026-04-17

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gh-aw Ecosystem Intelligence — 2026-04-17

Automated daily sweep of the GitHub Agentic Workflows ecosystem.

Summary

gh-aw CLI holds at v0.68.3 (no new release today). Biggest movement: GitHub Copilot CLI hit v1.0.31 after 8 rapid releases since April 13 — v1.0.29 notably adds Claude Opus 4.7 support and makes remote MCP server type optional (defaults to http). Claude Code reached v2.1.112 with Opus 4.7 xhigh effort mode, 1-hour prompt cache TTL opt-in (ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H), and PreCompact hook. The April 8 Copilot VS Code release shipped Autopilot mode (public preview) and nested subagents.

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1. gh-aw Core

• v0.68.3 still current (released 2026-04-14) — no new release
• GitHub MCP guard policy confirmed GA: tools.github repos/min-integrity guard policy out of experimental
• DIFC integrity log filtering: gh aw logs --filtered-integrity flag added

2. GitHub Copilot CLI — v1.0.31 (8 releases this week)

Version	Key Change
v1.0.31	Prompt frame rendering fix
v1.0.30	/statusline command for status bar customization
v1.0.29	Claude Opus 4.7 support; remote MCP type optional (defaults http); COPILOT_AGENT_SESSION_ID
v1.0.25	MCP server install from registry; /env command
v1.0.23	--mode/--autopilot/--plan flags

3. Copilot VS Code (April 8, 2026)

• Autopilot mode (public preview): agents approve own tool calls, auto-retry, work to completion — no per-step prompts
• Nested subagents: chat.subagents.allowInvocationsFromSubagents
• Configurable thinking effort for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.4
• MCP servers in VS Code sync across Copilot CLI and Claude agent sessions

4. Claude Code — v2.1.112

• Opus 4.7 xhigh effort (v2.1.111) — interactive /effort slider
• ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H env var (1-hour cache TTL for API key/Bedrock/Vertex)
• PreCompact hook — block compaction with exit code 2 or {"decision":"block"}
• EnterWorktree path param; background monitors via monitors manifest key

5. GitHub Actions — Early April 2026

• Service containers: entrypoint and command override fields
• IANA timezone support for cron schedules (timezone field)
• deployment: false on environments to prevent auto-deployment records
• Azure VNET failover for GitHub-hosted runners (public preview)

6. Reference File Updates (in today's PR)

• frontmatter-schema.md: gemini-pro model marked deprecated (deprecated 2026-03-26)
• frontmatter-schema.md: Models table updated with Claude Opus 4.7 availability

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Full report: outputs/gh-aw-reports/2026-04-17.md