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title About third-party agents
shortTitle Third-party agents
intro You can incorporate coding agents into your development workflows on {% data variables.product.github %}.
product {% data reusables.gated-features.third-party-agents %}<br><a href="https://github.com/features/copilot/plans?ref_product=copilot&ref_plan=pro-plus&ref_type=engagement&ref_style=button&utm_source=docs-web-copilot-3p-agents&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=agent-3p-platform-feb-2026" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary mt-3 mr-3 no-underline"><span>Sign up for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}</span> {% octicon "link-external" height:16 %}</a>
versions
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copilot
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Copilot
contentType concepts

[!NOTE] Third-party coding agents are currently in {% data variables.release-phases.public_preview %}.

Introduction

You can use third-party coding agents alongside {% data variables.copilot.copilot_coding_agent %} to work asynchronously on your development tasks. You can assign an existing issue or give a prompt to an agent, which will work on the required changes and create a pull request. When the agent finishes, it will request a review from you, and you can leave pull request comments to ask the agent to iterate.

Coding agents are subject to the same security protections, mitigations, and limitations as {% data variables.copilot.copilot_coding_agent %}. To learn more about how you can use coding agents, see AUTOTITLE.

Where you can use coding agents

You can kick off tasks with coding agents in the following locations:

  • The Agents tab: Select an agent under the prompt box in the Agents tab, then kick off a new task and watch the agent get to work on a pull request.
  • Issues: Assign the agent to an existing issue in a repository.
  • Pull requests: Mention @AGENT_NAME in a comment on an existing pull request to ask it to make changes.
  • On {% data variables.product.prodname_mobile %}: From the Home view, click {% octicon "plus" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="plus" %} to start a new agent session.
  • In {% data variables.product.prodname_vscode %}: Start a new session in the chat view, or delegate an existing session to a different agent.

Making coding agents available

Note

  • {% data reusables.gated-features.third-party-agents %}

Before you can assign tasks to coding agents, they must be enabled. If you are a {% data variables.copilot.copilot_pro_plus %} subscriber, see AUTOTITLE.

For {% data variables.copilot.copilot_for_business %} and {% data variables.copilot.copilot_enterprise %} subscribers, the ability to use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_coding_agent %} is controlled by policy settings defined at the organization level. See AUTOTITLE.

If the organization is owned by an enterprise, enablement may be controlled at the enterprise level. See AUTOTITLE.

Supported coding agents

The following third-party agents are supported on {% data variables.product.github %}:

Usage costs

Coding agents consume {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} minutes and {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} premium requests. Each agent session consumes one premium request.

Within your monthly usage allowance for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} and premium requests, you can ask agents to work on coding tasks without incurring any additional costs.

For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

Next steps

  • To start managing agents, see AUTOTITLE.
  • To learn how AI models are hosted and served, see AUTOTITLE.