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description: 'Learn about the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop experience built for agent-native development. Understand its key features and who it''s for.'
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authors:
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- GitHub Copilot Learning Hub Team
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lastUpdated: 2026-06-17
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lastUpdated: 2026-08-07
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estimatedReadingTime: '8 minutes'
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tags:
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- copilot-app
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- Each agent has its own branch, its own environment, and its own changes
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- No manual branch juggling or cleanup required—the app handles it all
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- You can pick up a session from any device, on any worktree
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- A **Worktree location** setting in Settings > Sessions lets you customize where new worktrees are created, using a path template with repository, branch, and name placeholders
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This makes it easy to dispatch multiple agents and trust they won't interfere with each other.
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### Running in the Background
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Closing the app's main window keeps it running in the background instead of quitting, with tray (Windows/Linux) or Dock (macOS) support to bring it back. This means scheduled automations and in-progress sessions keep running even when the window isn't open.
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### Canvases
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**Canvases** are interactive work surfaces where you and agents collaborate. Instead of long chat threads, a canvas shows the actual work:
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You control the automation level—decide whether Agent Merge should just run CI, address feedback, or go all the way to merging. It's a way to let Copilot handle the tedious parts of the review and merge process.
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Agent Merge also understands **stacked pull requests**: it shows a stack summary in the merge drawer with the pull requests that will be included, and lets you merge an entire stack together instead of merging each PR one at a time.
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### Requesting Code Reviews
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From the app, you can request a Copilot code review on a pull request—and re-request a review even from reviewers who already responded—without leaving the session. This keeps the review loop inside the same workspace where the change was made.
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## Who is the Copilot app for?
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The Copilot app isn't a replacement for existing Copilot experiences—it's another tool in the toolbox. Here's who it serves best:
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