GitHub Copilot in Slack and Microsoft Teams Adds Multi-Repository Support
GitHub Copilot in Slack and Microsoft Teams gained multi-repository support and several other workflow improvements.
Details
- Multi-repo support: Copilot can now work across multiple repositories in a single conversation, letting users ask it to list open pull requests across repos, report which PRs were merged in a week, investigate an issue spanning several repos, or summarize recent activity
- Flexible mentions: users can mention @GitHub anywhere in a message, not just at the start
- Smoother repo switching: transitions between repositories during a conversation are improved
- Shared context: Copilot can use shared Slack messages and threads as context, removing the need to copy details into the chat
- Reliability: fewer errors, faster task startup, and smoother recovery from interruptions
What happened next
The update continues GitHub’s incremental investment in chat-platform integrations for Copilot, extending the single-repo-focused experience most users had in Slack and Teams toward the same cross-repository workflows already available in Copilot’s IDE and CLI surfaces.