Trigger Copilot automations with comments
TL;DR
Copilot cloud agent automations can now be triggered by comments: when an issue or pull request comment contains the trigger text you defined, the automation runs. GitHub's examples include updating documentation, investigating stack traces and error logs, and opening follow-up issues for refactoring or tech debt. You configure it in a repository under the Agents tab, in the Automations section.
Nauti's Take
The opportunity is concrete: recurring work like documentation updates or stack trace triage now starts with a comment, with no ticket shuffling in between. The catch sits in the trigger text, because a comment is open input, and anyone allowed to comment on the repo can kick off an agent run.
Small dev teams should try it on low stakes tasks first, while Business and Enterprise setups need to settle the cloud agent policy and comment permissions before switching it on.
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