# Code review with GitHub Copilot CLI

URL: https://codepanel.ai/agents/copilot-cli

GitHub Copilot CLI, GitHub's coding agent, in CodePanel's review loop: it connects through MCP and skills, reads AGENTS.md and answers every finding.

GitHub Copilot CLI is GitHub's coding agent, in the terminal and cloud sandboxes, in public preview. With CodePanel it is the author on the other side of the review: after it pushes, it reads the panel's findings on that commit over MCP, fixes or disputes each one with evidence, and rates every finding. It reads AGENTS.md, .github/copilot-instructions.md, .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md, CLAUDE.md and GEMINI.md, and the setup skill writes the loop into AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.

## How GitHub Copilot CLI connects

GitHub Copilot CLI connects through an MCP server entry in `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json` and the `codepanel` and `codepanel-setup` skills. The steps are in [Other MCP clients](/docs/other-agents).

## GitHub Copilot CLI features for the review loop

| Feature | What the docs say | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maker | GitHub | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli) |
| Runs in | the terminal and cloud sandboxes, in public preview | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli) |
| MCP | Local (stdio), HTTP and SSE servers in `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json` or a repository's `.mcp.json`, added with `copilot mcp add --transport http`; `/mcp auth` signs in with OAuth | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/customize-copilot/add-mcp-servers), [page 2](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-cli-reference/cli-command-reference) |
| Hooks | Commands, HTTP calls and prompts set in `.github/hooks/*.json` or `~/.copilot/hooks/`; `agentStop` runs when the agent finishes responding | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/hooks), [page 2](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/hooks-configuration) |
| GitHub Actions | A documented workflow that installs the CLI with npm and runs `copilot -p` with `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/automate-copilot-cli/automate-with-actions) |
| Headless mode | `copilot -p "<prompt>"`, with `--allow-all-tools` to run tools without asking | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-cli-reference/cli-programmatic-reference) |
| Rules files | [`AGENTS.md`](/agents/files/agents-md), [`.github/copilot-instructions.md`](/agents/files/copilot-instructions), `.github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md`, [`CLAUDE.md`](/agents/files/claude-md), [`GEMINI.md`](/agents/files/gemini-md) | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/customize-copilot/add-custom-instructions) |
| Models | The models Copilot hosts, from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Moonshot AI and Microsoft, or your own provider's, including local models. Prices: [OpenAI](/models/openai), [Anthropic](/models/anthropic), [Google](/models/google), [xAI](/models/xai), [Moonshot](/models/moonshot). | [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/ai-models/supported-models), [page 2](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli) |

Each row was checked on 2026-10-17 against the maker's docs it cites. A feature with no row is one those docs don't describe.