GitHub Copilot use cases
5 real things people got GitHub Copilot to do, each with what they asked, how it went, and the prompt to copy.
Assign website tweaks to Copilot coding agent
An author gave the Copilot coding agent two small changes on their own site; it opened draft PRs and the spacing change was good enough to merge.
Have Copilot coding agent write and push code
A developer found the agent good at context and code, but it pushed to a branch leaving main empty and spent hours checking after being told to proceed.
Iterate on tasks with Copilot CLI autopilot and fleet
The author used autopilot to iterate until done and /fleet to split work across parallel subagents, noting overhead on small tasks.
Rewrite a runtime from TypeScript to Rust with agents
GitHub engineers used Copilot tools to have agents write most of an 800,000-line Rust rewrite of the Copilot runtime across 128 PRs, fixing a few regressions.
Run terminal commands with Copilot agent mode
Users report the agent sometimes fails to read terminal output and may undo correct code; workarounds include switching shells.