Copilot for PRs

As explained in "Looks Good to Me"

A GitHub Copilot capability that generates summaries and review-oriented information for pull requests.

A pull request can open with a high-level account of its changes, affected files, and review priorities. Copilot for Pull Requests generates that summary when a developer explicitly requests it through the Summary tool. section 13.3

Use the generated summary in several places:

• Add it to a new pull request’s description. section 13.3
• Insert it into an existing pull request by editing the opening comment. section 13.3
• Post it as a comment on the pull request timeline. section 13.3

Figure 13.1 GitHub Copilot for pull request summaries button, seen in PR description editor toolbar

The toolbar view shows where developers request a Copilot-generated pull request summary. section 13.3

How "Looks Good to Me" covers it

How deep it goes

Explains outputs and insertion locations, but stops short of describing summary-generation internals.

Examples

Uses a pull request description editor toolbar and supports descriptions, opening comments, and timeline comments.

What it assumes

Assumes familiarity with pull requests, their descriptions, opening comments, and review timelines.

What you can do after

Apply it via GitHub Copilot to create reviewer-oriented summaries on pull requests.

How it connects

Connects pull requests with code review and AI-powered code review.

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Related concepts

• GitHub Copilotpart of · GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered programming assistant that provides code suggestions, generation, and other software-development assistance based on prompts and programming context.

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