@GitHub in Slack and Teams is now generally available
GitHub said on November 6 that @GitHub in Slack and Microsoft Teams is now generally available. You mention @GitHub in a conversation and ask it to look into a bug, create an issue, make a change or open a pull request, without leaving the chat.
Teams also gets Canvas. Next to the conversation, your team can review the implementation plan, the code changes and a preview, then add feedback and refine the work together.
GitHub also made a few smaller changes. @GitHub now finds the repository from your message, so you do not have to pick it again before a coding session starts. Setup takes fewer steps when you are not signed in, have no default repository or need app access. Follow-up messages now get replies more reliably. Each issue and pull request it creates also says which Slack or Teams conversation it came from, and who started it.
What it means for your work
- For bug reports in chat: When a teammate reports a bug in a channel, ask
@GitHubto file the issue there and then, so it is not lost in the thread. - For small fixes: Let it open the pull request, then review it the normal way before you merge.
- For reviews in Teams: Use Canvas to agree on the plan before anyone writes code.
For more on chat tools, see our Slack review.