Copilot Agent Mode Admin UI Policy Control [GA] (#60210)

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content/copilot/concepts/agents/enterprise-management.md

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ An agent session encompasses an entire interaction with {% data variables.copilo
 
 For billing information on agent sessions, see [AUTOTITLE](/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-copilot-premium-requests#usage-by-copilot-coding-agent).
 
+## Agent mode in the IDE
+
+Enterprise and organization owners can separately control whether their users have access to agent mode in IDE chat, independently from the "Chat in IDE" policy. This gives you finer-grained control over agentic capabilities in your developers' IDEs.
+
+To manage this policy, enable or disable **Copilot Agent Mode in IDE chat** in your AI Controls settings. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-enterprise/manage-enterprise-policies).
+
 ## Next steps
 
 To get started with {% data variables.copilot.custom_agents_short %}, see [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-enterprise/manage-agents/prepare-for-custom-agents).

content/copilot/how-tos/chat-with-copilot/chat-in-ide.md

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ This guide describes how to use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %}
 
 {% data reusables.copilot.chat-access-denied %}
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> If you don’t see the **Agent** option in the mode selector, your enterprise or organization administrator may have disabled agent mode for your IDE.
+
 ## {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %} agents
 
 You can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %} in the following modes:

content/copilot/reference/policy-conflicts.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Feature, model, and privacy settings for users are set according to the **least
 | {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} can search the web | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use/chat-in-github#leveraging-a-web-search-to-answer-a-question) |
 | {% data variables.copilot.copilot_mobile_short %} | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use/chat-in-github-mobile) |
 | {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %} in the IDE | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use/chat-in-your-ide) |
+| {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %} agent mode in the IDE | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use/chat-in-your-ide) |
 | {% data variables.copilot.copilot_code-review_short %} | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use/code-review) |
 | {% data variables.copilot.copilot_coding_agent %} | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use-of-github-copilot-features/responsible-use-of-copilot-coding-agent-on-githubcom) |
 | {% data variables.product.prodname_spark_short %} | Least restrictive organization | [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/responsible-use/spark) |