The new GitHub Copilot experience in Slack

GitHub announces a public preview of the new GitHub Copilot experience in Slack, which brings agentic capabilities of GitHub Copilot CLI and the GitHub Copilot app into Slack. Users can mention @GitHub to start an agent session that can answer code questions, triage issues, investigate failures, implement changes, and open pull requests. The feature is available to organizations on GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise plans.

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The GitHub integration in Slack now brings the agentic capabilities of GitHub Copilot CLI and the GitHub Copilot app into Slack in public preview.
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Announced: 21 Aug 2026 16:07 UTC
Detected: 21 Aug 2026 16:31 UTC (+24m after)

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