{"meta":{"title":"Starting GitHub Copilot sessions","intro":"Choose your preferred way to start Copilot cloud agent sessions.","product":"GitHub Copilot","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot","title":"GitHub Copilot"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos","title":"How-tos"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents","title":"Use Copilot agents"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent","title":"Cloud agent"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/start-copilot-sessions","title":"Start Copilot sessions"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Starting GitHub Copilot sessions\n\nChoose your preferred way to start Copilot cloud agent sessions.\n\nYou can start Copilot cloud agent from several clients. Choose the one that fits your workflow:\n\n* [GitHub](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-on-github) — issues, agents tab, dashboard, Copilot Chat, new repositories, and failing GitHub Actions runs\n* [GitHub Mobile](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-on-mobile)\n* [IDEs](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-in-your-ide) — Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, and Visual Studio 2026\n* [REST API](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-via-the-api)\n* [GitHub CLI](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-from-cli)\n* [GitHub MCP Server](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-with-mcp)\n* [Jira](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/integrate-cloud-agent-with-jira)\n* [Slack](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/integrate-cloud-agent-with-slack)\n* [Microsoft Teams](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/integrate-cloud-agent-with-teams)\n* [Azure Boards](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/integrate-cloud-agent-with-azure-boards)\n* [Linear](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/integrate-cloud-agent-with-linear)\n* [Raycast](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/use-cloud-agent-from-raycast)\n\nYou can also start sessions automatically, on a schedule or in response to events such as an issue being opened, by setting up an automation. See [Creating automations with Copilot cloud agent](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/create-automations).\n\nCopilot will start working on the task in the background. Some entry points open a pull request automatically. In other cases, you can prompt Copilot to open a pull request, or create a pull request when Copilot finishes work, from the session logs.\n\nFor more information, see [About GitHub Copilot cloud agent](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/agents/cloud-agent/about-cloud-agent)."}