GitHub Introduces Copilot Agents Panel for Seamless Task Delegation

GitHub has rolled out a new feature designed to simplify how developers interact with Copilot: the Copilot agents panel, now available across the GitHub.com interface.

A Central Hub for Agentic Workflows

Instead of navigating between pages or tools, developers can now manage their AI-assisted coding directly through a compact overlay. The panel, accessible via a newly added Agents button in the site’s navigation bar, provides a single place to create, monitor, and review tasks delegated to Copilot.

How It Works

Developers simply enter a goal using natural language and point Copilot toward the appropriate repository. From there, Copilot takes over—outlining a plan, generating code updates, running tests, and preparing a draft pull request. Because the agent operates in the background, multiple tasks can be processed at once without interrupting the developer’s active workflow.

Availability and Rollout

The agents panel entered public preview on August 19 and is open to all subscribers of GitHub Copilot’s paid plans. GitHub describes it as a “mission control center” for AI-powered development, giving engineers the ability to oversee active tasks while continuing to focus on their primary work.

From Concept to Practice

GitHub’s Copilot coding agent, first unveiled in May, laid the foundation for this update. The new panel expands on that concept, transforming Copilot into a more autonomous partner that not only assists with code suggestions but can also handle end-to-end task execution and present the results as draft pull requests.