--- title: notes: copilot edited an ad into my pr | daily.dev description: GitHub Copilot, when invoked to fix a typo in a pull request, inserted an advertisement for itself and Raycast into the PR description. The author reacts with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/notes-copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr-d0daozcjd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: notes: copilot edited an ad into my pr | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Copilot, when invoked to fix a typo in a pull request, inserted an advertisement for itself and Raycast into the PR description. The author reacts with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/notes-copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr-d0daozcjd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/D0DAOzcJD.png og:image:alt: notes: copilot edited an ad into my pr 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. # notes: copilot edited an ad into my pr **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 7 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary GitHub Copilot, when invoked to fix a typo in a pull request, inserted an advertisement for itself and Raycast into the PR description. The author reacts with outrage, invoking Cory Doctorow's 'enshittification' framework to describe how platforms progressively abuse users to extract value before ultimately collapsing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dipankarshaw** · 1 upvotes > I have recently used copilot to setup something from scratch and PR description does not contain any ad. Only this line at the end. > > `Copilot uses AI. Check for mistakes.` ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub backs down, kills Copilot PR ‘tips’ after backlash](https://daily.dev/posts/github-backs-down-kills-copilot-pr-tips-after-backlash-kkwd9ra8g) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop advertising in your commits\!](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-advertising-in-your-commits--70mzuu0mw) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/notes-copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr-d0daozcjd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"notes: copilot edited an ad into my pr","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/notes-copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr-d0daozcjd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/notes-copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr-d0daozcjd"},"datePublished":"2026-03-30T05:47:37.461Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T05:47:59.059Z","description":"GitHub Copilot, when invoked to fix a typo in a pull request, inserted an advertisement for itself and Raycast into the PR description. 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