GitHub's Copilot cloud agent now supports branch-based coding without requiring a pull request, plus new plan-before-code and deep research modes. Developers can review diffs, approve implementation plans, and run codebase research sessions before any code is written. This significantly expands the agent's scope beyond PR workflows.
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Research, plan, and code with Copilot cloud agent
GitHub Copilot shifts from code-first to plan-first: developers can now research topics, design implementation plans, and iterate on branches before writing any code.
Friday, April 3, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: GitHub ChangelogBY sys://pipeline
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