--- title: Copilot code review: Customization and configurability... description: GitHub Copilot code review has received several customization and configurability improvements. Custom instructions are now read from the pull request's head... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-code-review-customization-and-configurability-improvements-qggd4q79w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Copilot code review: Customization and configurability improvements | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Copilot code review has received several customization and configurability improvements. Custom instructions are now read from the pull request's head... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-code-review-customization-and-configurability-improvements-qggd4q79w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qGgD4Q79W.png og:image:alt: Copilot code review: Customization and configurability improvements og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Copilot code review: Customization and configurability improvements **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub Copilot code review has received several customization and configurability improvements. Custom instructions are now read from the pull request's head branch instead of the base branch, enabling iteration and testing in feature branches before merging. Support for additional instruction files (REVIEW.md, GEMINI.md, CLAUDE.md) has been added. A new copilot-code-review.yml workflow file allows teams to define custom setup steps and install dependencies for the review environment. Firewall support is now enabled by default for all repositories, restricting network access during reviews, with the option to configure it independently from Copilot cloud agent. Organization-level runner configurations for Copilot code review and Copilot cloud agent are now split into separate sections for independent control. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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