Expanded Agent Access

Claude and OpenAI Codex are now available as coding agents for Copilot Business and Copilot Pro customers. This expands availability beyond the earlier Enterprise and Pro+ access, allowing more teams to leverage multiple AI models for coding tasks directly within their existing GitHub workflows.

No additional costs. Access to Claude and Codex is fully included with your existing Copilot subscription. Each agent session consumes one premium request during the public preview period.

Unified Platform and Controls

All three agents—Claude, Codex, and Copilot—run on a single shared platform within GitHub, providing:

• Unified governance and context: Agents access repository code and history, issues, pull requests, Copilot Memory, and repository instructions
• Enterprise controls: Centralized enablement, policy management, and audit logging via the Agent Control Plane (now generally available)
• Cross-surface consistency: Use the same agents and shared history across the web, mobile, and VS Code

How to Get Started

For Copilot Pro users:

1. Navigate to Copilot coding agent settings
2. Select which repositories agents can access
3. Toggle Claude and/or Codex on

For Copilot Business users: An admin must enable agents at both enterprise and organization levels through Enterprise AI Controls and organization Copilot settings.

Using Agents Across GitHub

• On github.com and mobile: Open the Agents tab, use the dropdown menu, and enter your request
• Assign to issues and pull requests: Tag agents with @claude or @codex in PR comments; agents can open draft pull requests for review
• In VS Code (1.109+): Access agent sessions from the title bar for local interactive help, cloud-based autonomous tasks, or background asynchronous work

Sessions run asynchronously with live progress updates and detailed logs available for review.