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- Enable the agent at the organization or repository level.
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- Understand how GitHub Actions minutes and Premium Request Units (PRUs) are used and manage them effectively.
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What is GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent , who can use it and where it's available.
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### What is GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent , who can use it and where it's available.
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GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent is an autonomous development assistant that runs inside GitHub itself. Rather than pairing with you only in your IDE, the agent acts like a background teammate. You give it a clearly scoped task—such as a bug fix, an incremental feature, or documentation update—and it creates a branch, explores the codebase, generates an implementation plan, and drafts code while keeping you in control of when and whether to open a pull request.
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You can delegate work to the agent in two primary ways:
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-**Assign an issue** to Copilot - on GitHub.com, GitHub Mobile, or via API/CLI.
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-**Ask Copilot to create a pull request** - from the Agents panel on GitHub, Copilot Chat, your IDE or other agentic tool with MCP support, or Raycast on macOS.
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-**Ask Copilot to make code changes** - from the Agents panel on GitHub, Copilot Chat, your IDE or other agentic tool with MCP support, or Raycast on macOS.
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When the agent finishes, it requests your review. You can mention @copilot in a pull-request comment to ask it to iterate on its work.
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> [!TIP]
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> Use PRUs where they add value-multi-file edits, test generation, and broader diffs that need deeper reasoning. Lightweight edits may require fewer PRU-intensive steps.
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With the agent enabled and costs understood, let's confirm how it adheres to your security posture, what risks to anticipate, and which limitations to account for as you plan real work.
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With the agent enabled and costs understood, let's confirm how it adheres to your security posture, what risks to anticipate, and which limitations to account for as you plan real work.
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