Last month, we launched GitHub Copilot coding agent in public preview, allowing users with Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise to delegate tasks to Copilot to work on in the background.

Today, we’ve opened this new agent to Copilot Business subscribers. Once an administrator has enabled the “Copilot coding agent” policy, users can assign issues to Copilot just as they would to another developer, or ask Copilot to open a pull request from Copilot Chat.

Copilot works in the background, using its own secure cloud-based development environment powered by GitHub Actions. Copilot explores the repository, makes changes, and even validates its work with your tests and linter before it pushes.

Once Copilot is done, it’ll tag you for review. You can ask Copilot to make changes by leaving comments in the pull request. Or, check out the branch locally and continue work in your IDE, with Copilot at your side.

Using the agent consumes GitHub Actions minutes and Copilot premium requests, starting from entitlements included with your plan.

To get started and to see our top tips for getting the best results with Copilot, check out our Copilot coding agent documentation.