An ad-hoc task is a task that you define yourself, without the context of an issue or pull request. You can start an ad-hoc task from the Copilot Workspace dashboard, or from the repository page on GitHub.com.
Start an ad-hoc task in Copilot Workspace
Once started an ad-hoc task looks like this:
The timeline starts with the ad-hoc task and has no associated metadata
After creation, ad-hoc tasks proceed as for issue tasks.