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From CLI to PR: Automating the path to merged code | BRK203

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Jun 04, 2026 · Engineering Insights

GitHub's CLI brings agentic code generation and automation to the full issue-to-merged-PR workflow.

“now we're hitting about 275 million per week and that was just the last number I heard”

At Microsoft Build, GitHub showed how its headless CLI powers AI-driven code generation, model selection, and automation across the path from issue to merged pull request. The talk highlighted surging AI-assisted activity—roughly 275 million commits per week—underscoring the need for tooling that gets code merged, not just committed. It's a useful signal on developer-tool direction but is incremental rather than a major industry shift.

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