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Expand Up @@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ The following sets of tools are available:

- **assign_copilot_to_issue** - Assign Copilot to issue
- **Required OAuth Scopes**: `repo`
- `base_ref`: Git reference (e.g., branch) that the agent will start its work from. If not specified, defaults to the repository's default branch (string, optional)
- `issue_number`: Issue number (number, required)
- `owner`: Repository owner (string, required)
- `repo`: Repository name (string, required)
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