Enterprise managed permissions for GitHub Copilot agent operations

GitHub has made enterprise managed permissions generally available for GitHub Copilot agent operations, allowing administrators of GitHub Copilot Business or GitHub Copilot Enterprise to centrally control which shell commands, file reads and edits, and network domains are blocked, require human approval, or can proceed without a prompt. These controls, which cannot be weakened by user or workspace settings, apply to the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Visual Studio Code sessions using Agent Host.

Enterprise managed permissions for GitHub Copilot agent operations If you administer GitHub Copilot Business or GitHub Copilot Enterprise, you can now centrally control which agent operations are blocked, require human approval, or can proceed without a prompt. Managed permissions cover shell commands, file reads and edits, and network domains. This gives you fine-grained guardrails for sensitive operations without disabling agent workflows. Managed restrictions can’t be weakened by user or workspace settings, auto-approval, or previously saved approvals. You can also provide specialized policies for different enterprise teams. These controls are generally available in the GitHub Copilot app, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Visual Studio Code sessions that use Agent Host. Learn more about enterprise managed permissions https://docs.github.com/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/reference/enterprise-administrators/enterprise-managed-settings deny-ask-allow . Share feedback and implementation questions in the GitHub Community discussion https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/199139 .