GitHub Copilot's Usage Metrics API Now Reports Agent App Activity
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A GitHub changelog entry dated August 7, 2026 expands the Copilot usage metrics API to track agent app activity, giving organizations telemetry on agent-based tool usage rather than just editor completions. The same week's releases made Copilot code review effort levels generally available and retired Copilot as an automatic reviewer in GitHub Code Quality. For teams governing agent rollout, the metrics API change is the one that unblocks actual measurement.