GitHub Copilot coding agent - GitHub Docs (original) (raw)

Find out how Copilot can work on GitHub issues and raise pull requests for you to review.

These articles provide how-to information for using Copilot coding agent. For an overview of Copilot coding agent, see the articles under Concepts for GitHub Copilot coding agent.

Asking GitHub Copilot to create a pull request

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.

Tracking GitHub Copilot's sessions

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.

Creating custom agents

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