New agent mode can iterate on its own code, infer tasks not specifed, recognize errors, and fix them automatically, GitHub said.

The agent mode in GitHub Copilot can complete additional tasks that are necessary for the primary request to work.

GitHub has announced a new tool called Agent Mode that will help developers generate code, look for bugs and fix them automatically.

GitHub Copilot may be the single most useful AI companion I've used, but it's about to get a lot better with agents and other improvements.

New agent mode can iterate on its own code, infer tasks not specifed, recognize errors, and fix them automatically, GitHub said.