GitHub Copilot cloud agent
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.
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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.
Related
- GitHub Copilot CLI: Brings GitHub Copilot's coding agent to your terminal to read, write and run code where you work.
- VS Code Agents (agent mode): Agent mode in Visual Studio Code: an agent finds relevant code, edits across files and runs checks in your workspace while you review the changes.
- Awesome GitHub Copilot: GitHub's community collection of instructions, agents, skills and configurations for GitHub 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
Machine-readable
- JSON
- Markdown
- Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)