GitHub's Elle Shwer introduces Copilot code review, demonstrating how the AI assistant helps developers close pull requests faster while maintaining code quality.

Accelerating Pull Request Reviews with GitHub Copilot Code Review

In this video, Elle Shwer, Senior Product Manager at GitHub, explores practical ways GitHub Copilot's code review agent helps developers review and close pull requests (PRs) faster.

Key Topics Covered:

• Copilot Code Review Overview:
  • Introduction to GitHub Copilot's code review capabilities and its role in automating and enhancing the PR process.
• Demo: Triggering Copilot Review Agent:
  • Step-by-step demo showing how to initiate Copilot’s automated review for a pull request.
• Agent Integration with Existing Tools:
  • Insights into how Copilot works alongside traditional review tools, maintaining team consistency.
• Mission Control Interface:
  • How reviewers interact with Copilot-driven summaries and feedback in the Mission Control dashboard.
• Feedback Review and Issue Resolution:
  • Reviewing Copilot's code recommendations and fixing issues, including handling stacked PRs for more organized collaboration.
• Automatic Reviews and Customization:
  • Configuring automatic review triggers and leveraging natural language prompts to tailor review criteria.
• Deep Dive: CodeQL Integration:
  • Highlighting the integration with CodeQL for advanced security and static analysis within PR reviews.
• Feature Availability and Enablement:
  • Overview on how development teams can enable and access Copilot code review features today.

Key Benefits:

• Improves developer productivity without sacrificing code quality
• Maintains essential reviewer context with AI-powered summaries
• Offers customizable and scalable review processes
• Integrates seamlessly with GitHub’s developer workflow

Links and Further Resources:

• GitHub Blog
• GitHub Mission Control
• CodeQL Documentation

Presented by Elle Shwer, Senior PM at GitHub.