Preparing to use custom agents in your organization

Configure the repository that will contain custom agents for your organization.

Who can use this feature?

Organization owners

In this article

Note

Copilot custom agents are in public preview and subject to change.

Prerequisites

Before following this article, you should understand what Copilot custom agents are and how they work. See About custom agents.

Preparing your organization for custom agents

Note

If your organization is part of an enterprise, your enterprise owners can configure a ruleset that restricts the creation and management of organization-level custom agents. To understand the availability of custom agents in your organization, contact your enterprise owners.

  1. Start creating your custom agent repository using GitHub's template repository. The template repository contains a starter README and the necessary file structure to speed up your configuration.
  2. Select the Choose an owner dropdown menu, then click your organization.
  3. Name the repository .github-private, then write a brief description and set the visibility of the repository to private.
  4. Click Create repository.
  5. Update the template README as needed. Consider including creation guidelines for custom agents or compliance considerations specific to your organization.

Next steps

To implement custom agents in your organization, see Creating custom agents.