Copilot coding agent can now search the web

Copilot coding agent is our asynchronous, autonomous background agent. Delegate a task to Copilot and it opens a draft pull request, makes changes in the background, and then requests a review from you.

Copilot can now search the web to gather extra context and supplement its existing knowledge. With the power of the web, Copilot can:

• Debug unusual error messages.
• Understand recent changes to languages and libraries since the model’s training cut-off.
• Research best practices.

Copilot coding agent is available to Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, Copilot Business, and Copilot Enterprise subscribers. If you’re a Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise subscriber, an administrator will have to enable the “Copilot coding agent” and “Copilot can search the web” policies.

To learn more, head over to our Copilot coding agent documentation.