GitHub Copilot Adds Its First Open-Weight Coding Model: Moonshot's Kimi K2.7 Code Joins the Model Picker

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Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.7 Code became the first open-weight model selectable in GitHub Copilot's model picker, reported in early-July 2026 roundups, with the release cited at roughly +21.8% over K2.6 on agentic coding. It marks Copilot opening its default surface to open-weight models rather than closed frontier models only. For builders, it lowers the friction of trying open-weight coding models inside a mainstream IDE without leaving the Copilot workflow.