Turn a GitHub issue into a PR with Copilot cloud agent
Our verdict
The most native issue-to-PR flow if your team already pays for Copilot. It researches the repo, plans and pushes a PR you review like any other. The quality of the issue text decides the quality of the PR.
- Who it's for
- Teams already on GitHub Copilot
- Leverage
- Clears well-scoped backlog issues asynchronously
- Effort
- Low
- Date added
What it does
GitHub Copilot's cloud agent (previously called coding agent) can research a repository, plan changes, make code changes and create pull requests for you to review, working in the background.
How builders use it
- Write issues with acceptance criteria and file hints, then assign them to Copilot.
- Leave PR review comments to steer follow-up changes.
- Use it for test coverage, small bugs and docs: tasks with clear done-ness.
What to expect
A steady stream of reviewable PRs for low-to-medium complexity tasks, without context switching.
Copy this: Agent-ready issue template
## Goal
<one sentence on the behaviour you want>
## Context
- Relevant files: <paths>
- Current behaviour: <what happens now>
## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] <testable criterion>
- [ ] Tests added/updated and passing
- [ ] No unrelated changes
## Out of scope
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