WRAP up your backlog with GitHub Copilot coding agent

Engineers at GitHub have been leveraging the GitHub Copilot coding agent for over a year to enhance developer productivity and efficiency, developing a strategic approach encapsulated in the acronym WRAP, which stands for Write effective issues, Refine your instructions, Atomic tasks, and Pair with the coding agent. This methodology helps developers prioritize and manage their backlog by crafting clear and comprehensive issue descriptions for the coding agent, refining custom instructions at both repository and organization levels, and breaking down larger problems into smaller, manageable tasks. By collaborating effectively with the coding agent, developers can delegate repetitive or exploratory tasks to it, while focusing on understanding the broader context and implications of tasks, ultimately making the process more efficient and less tedious. This strategic use of GitHub Copilot aims to address lingering backlog issues, improve test coverage, and integrate new patterns or updates across codebases, allowing developers to harness the coding agent's strengths in tireless execution and handling repetitive tasks.