GitHub Copilot goes agentic in Microsoft Teams: shared sessions, @GitHub, PR handoff
Public preview of shared agentic work with GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams. Mentioning @GitHub turns a thread into a collaborative agent session that can investigate, open pull requests, and hand off to the Copilot app, terminal, or IDE for the next leg. Repository admins can require an extra approval for PRs opened from Teams, putting a human checkpoint in the loop.
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FAQWhat did GitHub Copilot announce on AUG 21, 2026?
Public preview of shared agentic work with GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams. Mentioning @GitHub turns a thread into a collaborative agent session that can investigate, open pull requests, and hand off to the Copilot app, terminal, or IDE for the next leg. Repository admins can require an extra approval for PRs opened from Teams, putting a human checkpoint in the loop.
What is GitHub Copilot?
GitHub's pioneer coding assistant: completions, chat, and an agent mode that works through issues and opens pull requests. Now supports multiple frontier models.
Where is the official source for this announcement?
It was published by GitHub · Microsoft on AUG 21, 2026 via github.blog, the company's official channel. AgentMaps cites the primary source for every charted signal.