GitHub Copilot cloud agent

You can ask Copilot to create a pull request from many places, including GitHub Issues, the agents panel, Copilot Chat, the GitHub CLI, and agentic coding tools and IDEs with Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.

You can use the agents panel or page, Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, the GitHub CLI, Raycast and session logs to track Copilot's progress and understand its approach.

You can use the GitHub integration in Jira to provide context and open pull requests, all from within your Jira workspace.

Provide context to the Copilot cloud agent and open pull requests, all from within your Slack workspace.

You can use the GitHub integration in Teams to provide context and open pull requests all from within your Teams channels.

Use the Copilot integration in Linear to provide context and open pull requests, all from within your Linear workspace.

Use the Copilot integration in Azure Boards to send work items directly to Copilot cloud agent and generate pull requests, all from within your Azure DevOps workspace.

In supported entrypoints, when starting a task with Copilot cloud agent, you can select the model used.

Learn how to configure settings for Copilot cloud agent

You can create specialized agents with tailored expertise for specific development tasks.

Learn how to resolve problems that may occur when you assign tasks to Copilot.