--- title: Copilot coding agent supports code referencing | daily.dev description: GitHub's Copilot coding agent — the asynchronous, autonomous background agent — now integrates with Copilot code referencing. When the agent generates code... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-coding-agent-supports-code-referencing-kcb1lfsd2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Copilot coding agent supports code referencing | daily.dev og:description: GitHub's Copilot coding agent — the asynchronous, autonomous background agent — now integrates with Copilot code referencing. When the agent generates code... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-coding-agent-supports-code-referencing-kcb1lfsd2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kcB1LfSD2.png og:image:alt: Copilot coding agent supports code referencing 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 coding agent supports code referencing **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub's Copilot coding agent — the asynchronous, autonomous background agent — now integrates with Copilot code referencing. When the agent generates code that matches public GitHub repository code, the matching snippets are highlighted in session logs with links to the original source and applicable licenses. Notably, the 'Block' mode of the 'Suggestions matching public code' policy is not supported; instead of blocking, matches are surfaced in the logs for review. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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