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You’ll notice the following changes, and clarifications in this Privacy Statement update: Sharing with affiliates: We’ve updated the Affiliates section to expand the purposes for which we share personal data with GitHub affiliates, including Microsoft. GitHub affiliates are companies within our corporate family—they do not include third-party AI model providers or other independent service providers. Affiliates may now use shared data for additional purposes, including developing and improving artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, subject to applicable law and their own pr

A custom agent is a Copilot agent that can be defined using a Markdown file. Instead of relying on generic behavior, you describe how the agent should operate, what tools it can use, what standards it should follow, and what outputs it should produce. The result: its behavior is consistent wherever it runs. Each coding agent you create can act as a specialized agent tailored for a specific task. For example, a generic coding agent might suggest how to clean up your code. But a custom agent can apply your formatting rules, tooling, accessibility standards, review requirements, and safety requir