Copilot

Guides to GitHub Copilot as a coding agent: agent mode in the editor, the Copilot CLI and the cloud agent that works from GitHub issues and pull requests. Every page is based on GitHub’s own documentation and plan pages, with the docs date it reflects.

GitHub Copilot · Oct 14

GitHub Copilot custom agents: .agent.md files and tools

Set up GitHub Copilot custom agents with .agent.md files, scoped tools, precedence and CLI invocation.

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GitHub Copilot · Oct 10

GitHub Copilot CLI: install, sign in and tool approvals

GitHub Copilot CLI setup from GitHub's docs: install, sign in, plan mode, -p prompts and safe tool approvals.

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GitHub Copilot · Oct 2

Copilot custom instructions: files, paths and AGENTS.md

Copilot custom instructions live in .github/copilot-instructions.md, *.instructions.md files and AGENTS.md.

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GitHub Copilot · Oct 2

Copilot hooks: config files, events and examples

Copilot hooks run commands at agent events like preToolUse, from .github/hooks/*.json in the CLI and cloud agent.

Readers find setup steps, custom instruction files such as copilot-instructions.md and AGENTS.md, MCP configuration, hooks, code review and the command approval settings that control what the agent may run. Plan guides explain what Free, Pro, Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise include and how AI credits are counted. Each plan has its own listing in the plans tracker, and servers Copilot can use are in the MCP directory.