GitHub has added an agents panel that developers can use to delegate tasks to Copilot from any page on github with a simple prompt. 

Copilot is GitHub's AI-based code helper system. It was originally based on OpenAI's Codex, but recently added multi-model support meaning developers can select from multiple models, including Anthropic Claude Sonnet, Google Gemini Pro, OpenAI GPT, and Gemini 2.0 Flash. 

The agents panel is available now from every page on github.com. The GitHub team describes it as the mission control center for agentic workflows on GitHub. 

The panel is a lightweight overlay that allows developers to hand new tasks to Copilot and track existing tasks without navigating away from their current work. To activate it, users click the new Agents button in the navigation bar to get started.

From the agents panel the choices are to assign background tasks without switching pages; monitor running tasks with real-time status; or jump into pull requests when you're ready to review.

Developers can also open the panel in a full-screen view by clicking View all tasks, or bookmark github.com/copilot/agents for direct access.

The Copilot coding agent can be used to hand off coding tasks — via GitHub.com, GitHub Mobile, VS Code, or any MCP-enabled tool — and get back a draft pull request when it’s done. It runs in the cloud, can work in parallel on multiple tasks, and continues even if your computer is off. By using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Copilot has read access to your repository data on GitHub (powered by the GitHub MCP Server). It can also view web pages for testing and validation (powered by the Playwright MCP Server), and connect to your own MCP servers, as well.

Depending on the security settings, developers may need to ask their administrator to enable the Copilot coding agent if you’re on Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise.

GitHub Copilot updates are available now.

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