Configure Copilot coding agent as a bypass actor for rulesets

Rulesets allow you to control how different actors can interact with a repository. You can use rulesets to enforce rules like:

• Only allow commits from email addresses that match a certain pattern.
• Ensure that commit messages follow a specific structure.
• Require commits to be signed.

Copilot coding agent is our asynchronous developer agent that works in the background. It can’t always comply with every rule – for example, it can’t sign commits. When a repository includes rules that the agent can’t comply with, the agent is automatically disabled.

Now, you can unblock usage of the coding agent by configuring Copilot coding agent as a bypass actor for select rulesets. This allows you to exempt Copilot from specific rules without relaxing your requirements for code pushed by humans.

To learn more about Copilot coding agent, head to “About GitHub Copilot coding agent” in the GitHub Docs.