AI BriefingImproved Jira Integration
·2026.04.24 02:33
Key point
GitHub Copilot for Jira has added custom agents and context control features.
Details
The cloud agent in GitHub Copilot for Jira now offers more fine-grained control.
- You can designate a custom agent in a Jira ticket to immediately use the agent suited to the task.
- It reads custom fields to reflect structured context such as acceptance criteria.
- It creates branches and generates PRs following the branch naming rules written in the ticket.
- custom instructions at the Atlassian space level let you set default target repository, branch rules, preferred model, and which agent to use.
- When Copilot opens a draft pull request and requests a review, a comment is left on the Jira issue, serving as a notification.
To use this update, you need to update the GitHub Copilot for Jira app to the latest version on your Atlassian instance.
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