--- title: GitHub Copilot for Jira: Our latest enhancements | daily.dev description: GitHub has released new enhancements to the GitHub copilot cloud agent for jira integration. Key updates include: the ability to specify custom agents from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-for-jira-our-latest-enhancements-0arkiqybr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Copilot for Jira: Our latest enhancements | daily.dev og:description: GitHub has released new enhancements to the GitHub copilot cloud agent for jira integration. Key updates include: the ability to specify custom agents from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-for-jira-our-latest-enhancements-0arkiqybr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0arkiQYbR.png og:image:alt: GitHub Copilot for Jira: Our latest enhancements 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. # GitHub Copilot for Jira: Our latest enhancements **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub has released new enhancements to the GitHub copilot cloud agent for jira integration. Key updates include: the ability to specify custom agents from your GitHub repository directly in a jira ticket, support for reading atlassian custom fields (like acceptance criteria) for richer context, respecting custom branch naming rules from jira tickets when creating pull requests, space-level custom instructions for setting defaults like target repository and preferred models, and review request notifications posted as jira comments when copilot opens a draft pull request. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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