Tool
Copilot Agent
GitHub's issue-to-PR and agentic workspace flows that plan, edit, and open pull requests from natural-language tasks
About
GitHub Copilot works every step of the way, from an open issue to reviewing and merging a pull request. Use it in your editor, the terminal, on your desktop, and on GitHub.
Features
- Platform AI CODE CREATION GitHub Copilot Write better code with AI
- GitHub Copilot app Direct agents from issue to merge
- MCP Registry Integrate external tools
- DEVELOPER WORKFLOWS Actions Automate any workflow
- Codespaces Instant dev environments
- Issues Plan and track work
- Pricing
- Subscription
- Pricing detail
- Requires Copilot Pro/Business/Enterprise entitlements
- Platforms
- GitHub.com + VS Code agent modes
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