GitHub Copilot Can Now Approve Pull Requests in Public Preview

GitHub Copilot can now approve pull requests, a feature available in public preview for Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans.

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GitHub Copilot can now approve pull requests, a feature currently available in public preview for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans. ^[1] Loop engineering is the discipline of designing workflows where AI agents run unattended to build, test, and fix software, replacing the need for manual code writing. ^[2] An approval assessment alone does not count toward merge requirements unless the feature is explicitly enabled by administrators. ^[3] Every Copilot code review now includes an approval assessment in the overview comment to signal whether Copilot considers the pull request ready to approve. ^[4] When enabled, Copilot can submit an approval that counts toward the repository's required-approvals rule, but its approval is dismissed if new commits are pushed after the approval. ^[5] AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot have moved past single-shot prompting to support autonomous agents that work through backlogs unattended. ^[6] The bottleneck in AI software development has shifted from the ability of AI to write code to the ability of humans to trust AI to run unwatched. ^[7] Yash Thakker, founder and CEO of AISOLO Technologies, stated that loop engineering involves setting up programs that call AI agents on a schedule or trigger, such as every 15 minutes or when a build fails. ^[8]

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GitHub Copilot can now approve pull requests, a feature currently available in public preview for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans. · The GitHub Blog

Loop engineering is the discipline of designing workflows where AI agents run unattended to build, test, and fix software, replacing the need for manual code writing. ·

Hindustan Times

An approval assessment alone does not count toward merge requirements unless the feature is explicitly enabled by administrators. · The GitHub Blog

Every Copilot code review now includes an approval assessment in the overview comment to signal whether Copilot considers the pull request ready to approve. · The GitHub Blog

When enabled, Copilot can submit an approval that counts toward the repository's required-approvals rule, but its approval is dismissed if new commits are pushed after the approval. · The GitHub Blog

AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot have moved past single-shot prompting to support autonomous agents that work through backlogs unattended. ·

Hindustan Times

The bottleneck in AI software development has shifted from the ability of AI to write code to the ability of humans to trust AI to run unwatched. ·

Hindustan Times

Yash Thakker, founder and CEO of AISOLO Technologies, stated that loop engineering involves setting up programs that call AI agents on a schedule or trigger, such as every 15 minutes or when a build fails. ·

Hindustan Times

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