enable-copilot-cloud-agent.md

title	Enabling GitHub Copilot cloud agent in your enterprise
intro	Choose which organizations can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %} and connect it to MCP servers.
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Prerequisites

You may want to run a trial before enabling {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %} for the enterprise. See AUTOTITLE.

Enabling {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %}

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %} and use of third-party MCP servers are disabled by default. You can enable these features for users who receive a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license from your enterprise or organizations.

{% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.access-enterprise %} {% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.ai-controls-tab %} {% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.cca-policies %}

1. Select a global policy for {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %}, then communicate your decision with your organizations.

   [!TIP] If you select Enabled for selected organizations, you can select individual organizations in the UI. To select organizations based on custom properties instead, use the REST API. See AUTOTITLE.

2. By default, the agent will be available in all repositories in selected organizations. If there are repositories where {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %} should be blocked for all users, tell organization owners to configure this setting. See AUTOTITLE.

Enabling MCP servers

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %} automatically has access to a small number of default MCP servers. See AUTOTITLE.

You can enable third-party MCP servers to allow developers to integrate {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %} with other services in your DevOps toolchain, such as error-tracking platforms or logging systems.

{% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.view-mcp-policies %}

1. Set a policy for MCP servers in {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}.

[!NOTE] The "MCP Registry URL" and "Restrict MCP access to registry servers" policies do not apply to {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_agent %}.