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featureId: cloud-agent
title: Cloud agent integration
area: GitHub Copilot
thumbnailImage: ../media/cloud-agent-thumbnail.png
description: Start new cloud agent sessions directly from Visual Studio.

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Cloud agents, including Copilot coding agent, run on remote infrastructure for scalable, isolated execution. You can now start new cloud agent sessions directly from Visual Studio.

![Cloud option in the Chat agent picker](../media/cloud-agent-from-picker-updated.png)

To try it, select **Cloud** from the agent picker in the **Chat** window, then share the work you want help with. The cloud agent first asks for permission to open an issue in your repository, then creates a pull request to address it. While it prepares the PR, you can keep working on other tasks in Visual Studio, or close Visual Studio and come back later. When the PR is ready, you'll get a notification and can review it in Visual Studio or in your browser.

![Cloud agent issue-to-PR workflow](../media/cloud-agent-flow.png)

Cloud agent in Visual Studio is currently powered by Copilot coding agent. To use it, make sure you're in a GitHub repository and that Copilot has permission to create issues in that repository. Try it out and let us know what you think.