Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available

GitHub has made its Copilot cloud agent for Linear generally available, allowing users to assign Linear issues to the autonomous background agent. The agent analyzes issues, opens draft pull requests, works independently in ephemeral environments powered by GitHub Actions, streams progress updates, and requests reviews upon completion. New controls include model selection, custom agents, branch settings, and session steering, available with Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise.

Release Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available You can now assign issues in Linear to Copilot cloud agent https://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/agents/cloud-agent/about-cloud-agent , our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. When you assign a Linear issue to Copilot, it will: - Analyze the issue contents and open a draft pull request. - Work independently in its own ephemeral development environment, powered by GitHub Actions. - Stream progress updates back to your Linear activity timeline. - Request a pull request review from you when the work is complete. What’s new whats-new You now have more control over how the agent runs, right from your Linear workspace: Choose a model: Pick which model Copilot uses for a task. Use a custom agent: Point Copilot at a custom agent from your repository to match your team’s workflows. Set the base and working branch: Control which branch the pull request targets and which branch Copilot commits to. Steer a session: Mention Copilot in a comment to give it new instructions while it works. Set these per issue, or apply them across your workspace or team with Linear agent guidance https://linear.app/docs/agents-in-linear guiding-agents . Get started get-started - Install the GitHub Copilot for Linear app https://github.com/apps/github-copilot-for-linear from the GitHub Marketplace. You’ll need organization owner permissions in GitHub and workspace admin privileges in Linear. - Read the Linear integration documentation https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/integrate-cloud-agent-with-linear to set up agent guidance, models, custom agents, and branches. Copilot cloud agent is available with Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise.