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Can Copilot coding agents review their own changes?

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Short answer: Yes. Copilot can review a pull request after it creates the branch and before merge, but that review is separate from the agent’s own change step and does not replace human approval. Yes, but not as a final self-approval step. GitHub Copilot cloud agent can make iterative changes on a…

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  1. 2026-08-31 16:15 · DEV Community — AI
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