--- title: Start Copilot cloud agent tasks via the REST API | daily.dev description: GitHub has released a public preview of the Agent tasks REST API, allowing Copilot Business and Enterprise users to programmatically trigger Copilot cloud... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/start-copilot-cloud-agent-tasks-via-the-rest-api-ivci31oix twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Start Copilot cloud agent tasks via the REST API | daily.dev og:description: GitHub has released a public preview of the Agent tasks REST API, allowing Copilot Business and Enterprise users to programmatically trigger Copilot cloud... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/start-copilot-cloud-agent-tasks-via-the-rest-api-ivci31oix og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iVCi31Oix.png og:image:alt: Start Copilot cloud agent tasks via the REST API 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. # Start Copilot cloud agent tasks via the REST API **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub has released a public preview of the Agent tasks REST API, allowing Copilot Business and Enterprise users to programmatically trigger Copilot cloud agent tasks. The agent runs in its own development environment, makes code changes, validates them, and opens pull requests. Use cases include bulk refactors across repositories, internal developer portal integrations, and automated release preparation. Task progress can also be tracked via the API. Authentication supports personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, with GitHub App installation tokens and Copilot Pro/Pro+ support coming soon. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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