AI Coding Tools Week 10: Plugins Get Social & GitHub Copilot Hits 1.0

# AI Coding Tools Week 10: Plugins Get Social & GitHub Copilot Hits 1.0 ## TL;DR 🚀 - **Plugin evolution**: OpenAI Codex and Cursor both shipped major plugin improvements - @mentions and team marketplaces - **GitHub milestone**: Copilot CLI officially hit v1.0 to celebrate general availability ## This Week's Releases ### OpenAI Codex CLI (4 releases) Big plugin upgrade with **@plugin mentions** - you can now reference plugins directly in chat and auto-include their MCP/app/skill context. Fast mode is now default (finally!), and the TUI header shows your session mode. Local .js file imports now work in jsrepl too. ### Claude Code (5 releases) New `/loop` command lets you run prompts on intervals (think `/loop 5m check the deploy`). Added cron scheduling and voice tools. Fixed those annoying API 400 errors when using third-party gateways. ### GitHub Copilot CLI (4 releases) 🎉 **Version 1.0 is here!** Celebrating general availability with the major version bump. Added 'exit' command and better guardrails for dangerous shell expansions. EMU/GHE users lose `/share gist` for security. ### Gemini CLI (2 releases) Integration tests for plan mode and auth handshake updates. Cherry-picked fixes from the main branch. ### Cursor (1 release) MCP Apps and **Team Marketplaces** for plugins - sharing and discovering tools just got easier. ### Kiro CLI (1 release) Version 1.27.0 with undisclosed improvements. ## Highlight Deep Dive 💡 The **@plugin mentions feature** in OpenAI Codex CLI is the standout this week. Instead of manually configuring context or hunting through menus, you can now just type `@plugin-name` in chat to pull in all the relevant context automatically. This makes plugin usage feel more natural - like mentioning someone in Slack. Combined with Cursor's new Team Marketplaces, we're seeing plugins evolve from isolated tools into social, discoverable resources that teams can easily share and reference. ## Quick Stats 📊 - **Total releases**: 17 (down fro