Copilot Studio

How to use GitHub with Copilot Studio

You want GitHub inside Copilot Studio so it can review pull requests and assign follow-up work, triage repository issues, prepare a pull request from a code change, and audit repository access and activity — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your GitHub gateway

The gateway is the thing Copilot Studio connects to, and it is where you decide which GitHub tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your GitHub tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the GitHub tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a GitHub gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Copilot Studio

Heads up

Needs a Microsoft 365 subscription with access to Copilot Studio, plus an Arcade API key.

Add an MCP tool to your agent

In Copilot Studio, open your agent → Tools → Add a tool → Model Context Protocol → New tool.
Point it at your gateway

Give the server a name and description, put your gateway URL in Server URL, set Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and Type to Dynamic discovery.
Authorize and try it out

Saving redirects you to Arcade to approve access. Then start a conversation and use your GitHub tools — Arcade authorizes each service just in time.

Full Copilot Studio guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these GitHub prompts

Copilot Studio can now act on your GitHub account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Control repository access and require approval before an agent creates files, merges pull requests, or changes labels with Contextual Access policies.

How to use GitHub with Copilot Studio

Create your GitHub gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your GitHub tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Copilot Studio

Add an MCP tool to your agent

Point it at your gateway

Authorize and try it out

Try these GitHub prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?