Copilot CLI: Automation, Programmatic Mode, Scripts, and GitHub Actions

description=$(copilot -p "Describe this file briefly: $file" -s 2>/dev/null)

echo "Summarize the changelog impact of this commit" | copilot > summary.txt

copilot --allow-all-tools -p "Run the test suite, inspect the failures, and propose the minimal patch."

copilot -p "Generate release notes from recent commits." --share=./copilot-session.md

copilot -p "Summarize open pull requests assigned to me." --share-gist

copilot -p "Explain the risk profile of this generated migration: ./db/migrations/20260327_add_index.sql"

- run: brew install copilot-cli

- run: npm install -g @github/copilot

env:
  COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}

- run: copilot -p "Summarize recent repository activity for the release report."

- run: copilot -p "Generate a brief test report from the logs in this directory." > report.md

while IFS= read -r -d "" file; do
  description=$(copilot -p "Describe this file briefly: $file" -s 2>/dev/null)
  echo "$file => $description"
done < <(find . -type f -size +10M -print0)

git log --oneline -20 | copilot > release-notes.md

copilot -p "Review the SQL files in ./migrations for locking risk, data loss risk, and rollback gaps."

copilot -p "Create a concise onboarding guide for this repository with setup, test, build, and deployment commands." > onboarding.md