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GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ)

Copilot's coding agent plus a control plane for running third-party agents on your repos.

github.com/features/copilotdocs.github.com/en/copilot
Overall in coding agents
6of 17 · score 75.8
Data coverage
96%
25 of 26 fields sourced

Best for

  • •Enterprises needing audit trails and existing branch protections respected
  • •Running several vendors' agents on one repo without separate integrations
  • •Teams whose review process already lives entirely in GitHub

Strong on

  • +Permissions vendor-hosted sandbox 1/17
  • +Surface GitHub-native, IDE extension, CLI, web, cloud delegate 1/17
  • +Opens PRs Yes 1/16
  • +Background agents Yes 1/16
  • +Repo indexing hybrid index + agentic 1/16
  • +Where it stops 4 1/15

Weak on

  • −Licence proprietary 11/16
    Better: Codex CLI: Apache-2.0
  • −Entry price $10/seat/mo 11/16
    Better: Gemini CLI: $0/seat/mo
  • −BYOK Partial 14/17
    Better: Claude Code: Yes

vs Cursor

  • •Ahead on Local models: Partial vs No
  • •Ahead on Repo indexing: hybrid index + agentic vs embeddings index
  • •Behind on Plan mode: Partial vs Yes
  • •Behind on Checkpoint & undo: Partial vs Yes

How GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ) scores among 17 coding agents25 of 26 fields known

Features8

Surface1st
GitHub-native, IDE extension, CLI, web, cloud delegate
1/17
docs.github.com · 2026-01-15
Default model
Selectable across OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models
· 2026-01-15
Model breadth
multi-vendor
9/17
Leader: opencode · any provider / router
· 2026-01-15
Repo indexing1st
hybrid index + agentic
1/16
· 2026-01-15
Plan mode
Partial
10/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Checkpoint & undo
Partial
10/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Headless / CI1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15
Local models
Partial
11/17
Leader: Codex CLI · Yes
code.visualstudio.com

Agentic7

Where it stops1st
4
1/15
docs.github.com · 2026-01-15
MCP1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15
Subagents
Partial
8/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Hooks1st
Yes
1/14
docs.github.com · 2026-11-07
Skills / commands1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15
Background agents1st
Yes
1/16
· 2026-01-15
Opens PRs1st
Yes
1/16
· 2026-01-15

Governance & control3

Permissions1st
vendor-hosted sandbox
1/17
· 2026-01-15
BYOK
Partial
14/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Licence
proprietary
11/16
Leader: Codex CLI · Apache-2.0
· 2026-01-15

Pricing3

Pricing model
subscription + token overage
9/16
Leader: opencode · BYOK tokens only
github.com · 2026-01-15
Entry price
$10/seat/mo
11/16
Leader: Gemini CLI · $0/seat/mo
github.com · 2026-01-15
Token markup3rd
Partial
3/16
Leader: Windsurf · Yes

Traction3

GitHub stars
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Terminal-Bench2nd
60.4%
2/5
Leader: Codex CLI · 62.9%
huggingface.co · 2026-11-07
Bench model
Claude Opus 4.6, Terminal-Bench 2.0
huggingface.co · 2026-11-07

Positioning1

Positioning
Mission control for every agent working on your repositories.
github.com

Timeline1

First release
2021-06-29

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GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ) logo & brand colours

Logo assets

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GitHub Copilot brand colours

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