docs: add server-to-server token guide - #2005
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Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 2a84bd21-23e5-4358-96f1-f343030bb869
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Pull request overview
Adds guidance for GitHub App installation tokens and organization-attributed Copilot automation.
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- Documents setup, token minting, SDK configuration, rotation, billing, and troubleshooting.
- Links the guide from authentication documentation indexes.
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docs/README.md |
Adds the guide to the documentation map. |
docs/auth/README.md |
Links and contextualizes server-to-server authentication. |
docs/auth/authenticate.md |
Adds installation tokens to authentication options. |
docs/auth/server-to-server-tokens.md |
Provides the new end-to-end guide. |
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- Files reviewed: 4/4 changed files
- Comments generated: 3
- Review effort level: Medium
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| Use a GitHub App installation access token to authenticate the Copilot SDK from automation without relying on a user's personal access token. This flow is intended for agents, CI/CD jobs, and backend services that make Copilot requests on behalf of an organization. | |||
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| > These examples configure the environment for the Copilot CLI process that the SDK spawns. If you connect to an already-running CLI server with a URI connection, set `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` in that server process instead. |
* docs: tighten server-to-server auth guidance Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * docs: add per-language server auth examples Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * docs: clarify installation billing attribution Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * docs: restore server auth troubleshooting cases Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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@patniko I made some updates to address the automated review comments plus hopefully align with some more recently-introduced external docs. I'll merge it on this basis but if you happen to re-read it and want to change anything further please feel free. |
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