A Secure Mobile Handoff Checklist for Copilot Conflict Resolution

GitHub announced on July 8, 2026 that GitHub Mobile can start a Copilot cloud-agent workflow to fix pull-request merge conflicts. Primary source: GitHub Changelog, July 8, 2026 . The unsafe mental model is “tap once and the conflict is solved.” A safer model is: mobile intent -> bounded remote task -> proposed patch -> verification -> human merge This is a source-based checklist, not a hands-on product assessment. Exact controls and permissions must come from current GitHub documentation. Record the handoff repository : " owner/project" pull_request : 123 base_branch : " main" expected_base_sha : " <commit>" expected_head_sha : " <commit>" allowed_scope : - " src/example/**" - " tests/example/**" forbidden_scope : - " .github/workflows/**" - " deployment/**" required_checks : - " unit-tests" reviewer : " <responsible human>" expires_at : " <UTC timestamp>" This operator artifact is not a representation of the mobile UI. It preserves intent across interruptions, network changes, and the delay between delegation and review. Before handoff, confirm repository, pull request, branches, expected files, sensitive paths, required checks, and the person responsible for merge. Never place secrets, customer data, or private incident details in the instruction. A bounded instruction is better than “make CI green”: Resolve conflicts between the recorded base and head revisions. Preserve documented behavior, limit changes to the listed paths, do not modify workflow or deployment configuration, and return a patch without merging. Verify the returned revision the result belongs to the expected repository and pull request; base and head revisions still match the handoff; every changed file is expected or explained; no conflict markers remain; no workflow, ownership, deployment, or policy file changed unexpectedly; tests ran against the exact reviewed commit; tests were not weakened or removed; a human can explain the semantic choice made for each conflict; the reviewed commit is the