Hi everyone!
GitHub's Copilot just got a major upgrade: a new Coding Agent. The idea is you can now assign GitHub issues directly to Copilot, and it’ll autonomously work on tasks like bug fixes, new features, or writing docs, then submit a PR for review.
So, instead of just getting code suggestions, you now have an AI teammate that takes on coding assignments. It operates in the background using GitHub Actions, analyzes your codebase, and you can see its progress and reasoning through logs. It even gets visual context from images in issues.
Beyond its core coding, it can connect to external tools via MCP. GitHub has also built in important security guardrails, like requiring human approval on PRs and respecting existing branch rules.
This essentially offers developers an AI assistant to handle those routine or time-consuming coding chores, freeing them up for more complex problem-solving. It's available now for Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ users.
