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The GitHub Copilot Handbook
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The GitHub Copilot Coding Agent brings automation directly into the browser by letting you delegate entire issues to Copilot. Instead of drafting fixes or writing code yourself, you can assign a task in GitHub.com and Copilot will take it from there. The agent runs in a secure cloud environment, makes changes on a new branch, opens a draft PR, and tags you for review. This turns issues into actionable work items that can move forward without waiting for human availability, while still keeping you in control of the final review and merge.
GitHub offers two related but distinct ways of handing off work to AI: the Coding Agent and Agent Mode. Both fall under the broader idea of agentic AI, where you describe a task and the system iterates until it produces a result. The difference lies in where the work happens and how it is applied:
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