[bot] Update Learning Hub for /plugins removal, MCP 2026-07-28, hook trace context, and copilot app command - #2851
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The plugin page documents a removed opt-out and unavailable component toggles.
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Pull request overview
Updates Learning Hub documentation for Copilot CLI v1.0.81 features and breaking changes.
Changes:
- Documents new MCP, hook tracing, and desktop app capabilities.
- Updates plugin-management guidance.
- Refreshes page update dates.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
understanding-mcp-servers.md |
Documents MCP 2026-07-28 support. |
installing-and-using-plugins.md |
Updates plugin dashboard guidance. |
github-copilot-app.md |
Documents copilot app. |
automating-with-hooks.md |
Documents OpenTelemetry context propagation. |
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website/src/content/docs/learning-hub/installing-and-using-plugins.md:250
- This paragraph again tells readers that
/plugincan toggle every component and even uses disabling a hook as its example, although v1.0.81 removed the only dashboard that supported hook and LSP toggles. Replace this with the supported installed-plugin/update behavior so it agrees with the note below.
This opens an interactive list where each installed plugin and its components are shown with a toggle. Disabling a component hides it from Copilot without removing it from disk — useful for temporarily deactivating a hook that is too noisy, or turning off a plugin's instructions when working on a different type of project. Re-enable the component at any time from the same `/plugin` menu.
website/src/content/docs/learning-hub/installing-and-using-plugins.md:244
- The new
/plugindashboard does not retain all of the retired/pluginscomponent toggles; the release notes explicitly say hook and LSP toggles are unavailable. Introduce this as plugin management rather than promising the unsupported controls.
Run `/plugin` (or `copilot plugin list` in non-interactive mode) to see **enable/disable toggles** for individual plugin components. You can turn off specific agents, instructions, hooks, LSP servers, or entire plugins without uninstalling them:
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What changed
Based on the GitHub Copilot CLI changelog (v1.0.81, 2026-08-27) and recent releases, this PR updates the Learning Hub to reflect several breaking/notable changes:
/pluginscommand removed —installing-and-using-plugins.mdnow documents that/pluginswas removed in v1.0.81 in favor of/plugin,/mcp,/skills,/subagents, and/instructions. Notes the plugins dashboard is now on by default (PLUGINS_DASHBOARD=falseto opt out), the new/pluginupdate-available indicator, and that hook/LSP enable-disable toggles are temporarily unavailable after the dashboard consolidation.understanding-mcp-servers.mdnotes that CLI, SDK, IDE, and in-memory clients now support the newer MCP protocol revision.automating-with-hooks.mddocuments the newtraceparent/tracestatefields available to hook inputs (and as env vars for command hooks) for correlating hook telemetry with session traces.copilot appCLI command —github-copilot-app.mddocuments the newcopilot appcommand to open the GitHub Copilot desktop app in the current directory.All four pages had their
lastUpdatedfrontmatter bumped to 2026-08-28.Sources
Note: github.blog, code.visualstudio.com, and the community copilot-guide site were not reachable from this sandbox environment (network policy blocked them), so this update is based on the copilot-cli changelog and release data only. The
cli-for-beginnerssection was intentionally left untouched per instructions.Warning
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