Copilot coding agent
Assign a GitHub issue to Copilot and it works asynchronously in GitHub Actions, then opens a draft pull request.
The 'Project Padawan' agent ships. It boots a VM, clones the repo, plans with retrieval, pushes commits to a draft PR and responds to review comments. First preview for Enterprise and Pro+, billed as one premium request per model request from 2025-06-04.
- Date
- Monday, 19 May 2025
- Lab
- GitHub (Microsoft)
- Kind
- feature
- Access
- app only
- Price
- Copilot Pro+ / Enterprise (premium requests)
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| Premium requests per agent session | 1 session = 1 premium request pricing restructured 2025-07-10; initially one per model request | company |
Announced at Microsoft Build 2025. The community discussion shows general availability for paid Copilot plans (updated 2025-09-25); the discussion header date reads 2025-05-13.
Sources
- github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-meet-the-new-coding-agent/
- github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159068
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