[GitHub Copilot App] Feature Request: GitHub.com browser-like experience — explore repos, issues & PRs without leaving the app

[lauthieb]

Summary

As a heavy user of the GitHub Copilot App, I'd love to be able to browse GitHub directly inside the app — without needing to jump back to a browser tab. The app already makes it so easy to work on code that the github.com browser experience starts to feel like a constant context switch.

Motivation

When working in the GitHub Copilot App, I find myself constantly switching to the browser to:

• Browse public or org repositories
• Check open issues and select one to work on
• Start a Copilot session directly from an issue
• See ongoing pull requests and jump into a review session

This back-and-forth breaks the flow. The app is so well crafted that I increasingly want to do everything from within it 🙂

Proposed Feature

Add a GitHub navigation surface inside the Copilot App that mirrors the core github.com browsing experience, including:

• Repository explorer: browse your own repos, your org's repos, and public/open-source repos (search, filter by org, stars, language, etc.)
• Issues view: list, filter, and read issues for any repo — with a direct CTA to launch a Copilot session from an issue
• Pull Requests view: list open PRs, see their diffs, statuses, and reviews — with a direct CTA to open a PR review session
• Code navigation: browse files and history for a repo, similar to github.com's file tree
• Quick-open by URL: paste a github.com URL and have the app open the corresponding view natively

Expected Outcome

Users can do the full GitHub workflow — discover → triage → code → review — entirely within the GitHub Copilot App, without ever opening a browser tab.

Additional Context

This is especially valuable for developer workflows already deeply integrated into the app (Copilot sessions from issues/PRs, worktrees, etc.). Having native repo/issue/PR navigation would make the app a complete GitHub client.

Inspired by how great the current session-from-issue and PR review flows already feel in the app. This would be the natural next step 🚀

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