Linear issue assignment to Copilot coding agent—GitHub's asynchronous, autonomous background worker—is now available in public preview.
Once you assign a Linear issue to Copilot, the agent performs the following sequence of actions:
- Parses the issue and creates a draft pull request
- Operates autonomously within its own temporary development environment, which runs on GitHub Actions infrastructure. In this sandbox, Copilot can inspect your codebase, apply modifications, execute test suites and linting tools, and perform other development tasks
- Sends status notifications back to your Linear activity feed
- Notifies you to review the pull request once the work is finished
Key benefits
- Handle routine work such as fixing bugs, refactoring code, and writing documentation without manual intervention
- Eliminate friction from switching between Linear and GitHub and reduce the number of manual steps required
- Maintain your team's existing code review and approval workflows on all pull requests generated by Copilot
Get started
- Deploy the GitHub Copilot coding agent for Linear application via the GitHub Marketplace. You must hold organization owner status in GitHub and workspace administrator access in Linear
- Consult the documentation for additional details on configuring the integration and using the Copilot coding agent
The team is seeking user input on the feature. Share feedback and questions in the community discussion forum.