{
  "id": "github-copilot-cloud-agent",
  "name": "GitHub Copilot cloud agent",
  "category": "harnesses",
  "summary": "Copilot agent on GitHub.com that takes delegated tasks from issues, pull requests or chat, works in a cloud environment and opens a pull request for review.",
  "description": "Researches the repository, plans, makes changes on a branch and opens a PR. Supported third-party coding agents can be delegated to through the same PR workflow. The older 'about coding agent' docs URL now redirects to the Copilot on GitHub.com page.",
  "url": "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agent-capabilities/about-agents/about-github-copilot-agents",
  "tags": [
    "coding-agent",
    "cloud-agent",
    "github",
    "async"
  ],
  "status": "active",
  "related": [
    "github-copilot-cli",
    "vscode-agents",
    "awesome-copilot"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agent-capabilities/about-agents/about-github-copilot-agents",
    "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/copilot-surfaces/copilot-on-github"
  ],
  "added": "2026-10-21",
  "updated": "2026-10-21",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-21",
  "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
  "maintainer": "GitHub",
  "longform": [],
  "links": {
    "html": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/github-copilot-cloud-agent/",
    "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/github-copilot-cloud-agent.md",
    "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/github-copilot-cloud-agent.json",
    "source": "https://github.com/Drudley/indexagentica/blob/main/content/harnesses/github-copilot-cloud-agent.json"
  }
}