Copilot code review: AGENTS.md support and UI improvements
Quick Answer
GitHub Copilot's code review feature now supports repository-level AGENTS.md files, enhancing usability with a new Request button for draft pull requests.
Quick Take
These updates streamline the review process for developers, making it easier to collaborate on code changes.
Key Points
- Supports repository-level AGENTS.md files for better documentation.
- Introduces a Request button for easier draft pull request reviews.
- Enhancements aim to streamline the code review process for developers.
- Improved UI facilitates better collaboration on code changes.
📖 Reader Mode
~2 min readCopilot code review now supports repository-level AGENTS.md files, and it’s easier to request a review from Copilot on draft pull requests with the Request button. These changes are all generally available.
📝 AGENTS.md Support
You can now add an AGENTS.md file at the root of your repository to help shape Copilot code review feedback. If your repository already has an AGENTS.md file, Copilot code review will now utilize that context automatically as part of its workflow. This makes it easier to get reviews that better reflect your repository’s conventions and expectations.
With this update, Copilot code review:
- Reads
AGENTS.mdfrom the root of your repository. - Uses relevant instructions from that file when generating review feedback.
✨ UI Updates
Request draft pull request reviews more easily
You can already request Copilot code review on draft pull requests to get a first pass on your draft before even publishing your pull request. Now, the Request button shows up next to Copilot on draft pull requests. This makes that workflow easier by letting you request Copilot directly from the reviewer picker without needing to search for Copilot first.
Collapsed Copilot review events on pull request timeline
On the Conversation tab of your pull request, Copilot code review events documented in the timeline can get noisy. We’ve collapsed certain Copilot code review timeline events together to help declutter your conversation tab, allowing you to find what matters, quickly.
— Originally published at github.blog
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