An agents panel accessible from every page on github.com enables developers to delegate coding work to GitHub Copilot and manage those tasks from a single interface. The panel launched August 19 in public preview for paid Copilot users and functions as a mission control center for agentic workflows. Developers can start tasks with a natural-language prompt, select the relevant repository, and let Copilot plan changes, draft code, run tests, and prepare pull requests. The panel appears as a lightweight overlay via a new Agents button and allows monitoring of running tasks and review of agent-created pull requests. The coding agent runs in the background and works on multiple tasks in parallel, issuing draft pull requests when finished; the Copilot coding agent was introduced in May.
GitHub has unveiled an agents panel, available on every page of github.com, that allows developers to delegate coding tasks to GitHub Copilot throughout the GitHub platform. The agents panel allows developers to assign tasks to Copilot and manage these tasks from a single interface, GitHub said. Launched August 19, the agents panel is available in public preview for all paid Copilot users.
The agents panel serves as a mission control center for agentic workflows on GitHub, allowing developers to assign background tasks without switching pages, monitor the progress of running tasks, and review the pull requests created by agents. Accessible via a new Agents button in the navigation bar, the agents panel works as a lightweight overlay that lets developers hand new tasks to Copilot and track existing tasks without navigating away from current work, according to GitHub.
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