Using GitHub Copilot with GitHub Agentic Workflows

Run repository automation with your GitHub Copilot account. Copilot is the default engine; you do not need to select it explicitly.

Connect your account

Grant copilot-requests: write for organization-billed inference, as in the example below. To use a personal Copilot subscription instead, configure COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN.

Run a daily report

After setting up gh-aw, save this workflow:

.github/workflows/daily-status.md

---
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule: daily
permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: read
  pull-requests: read
  copilot-requests: write
engine: copilot
tools:
  github:
    toolsets: [issues, pull_requests]
safe-outputs:
  create-issue:
    title-prefix: "[status] "
---

# Daily repository status

Summarize open issues and recent pull request activity in one concise issue.

Compile with gh aw compile daily-status, then commit and push both the Markdown and generated lock file. Run it from the repository’s Actions tab or wait for its schedule.

Capabilities and limitations

For web search, configure an MCP search server. SDK mode, dynamic workflows, BYOK providers, and custom agents are covered in the Copilot reference.

Next steps

• GitHub Copilot technical reference
• Create a workflow
• Workflow examples
• Compare engines