A few months ago we introduced the Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot in private preview. The goal was simple: allow teams to take a work item from Azure Boards and send it directly to GitHub Copilot so the coding agent could begin working on it, track progress, and generate a pull request.
We are happy to announce that this integration is now being rolled out as generally available 🎉. Customers who participated in the preview helped us validate the experience, find issues, and shape improvements. GA includes the same workflow introduced in preview, along with new capabilities based on customer feedback.
🐿️ How it works
The first step is providing well-crafted instructions in the work item description (or any large text field).
From there, you can click on the Copilot button on the work item to “Create a pull request with GitHub Copilot”. Then select the repository, the branch, and add any additional instructions as needed.
