Take a beginner-friendly, hands-on tour of the GitHub Copilot app. You will build a colorful Space Quiz from an empty folder and take it through the complete development loop, from your first prompt to a reviewed pull request.
The workshop takes approximately 60 to 90 minutes. Your project uses a single HTML file with no runtime dependencies, so you can focus on learning the app and its agentic workflows.
Lessons
| Lesson | Topic | What you will do |
|---|---|---|
| 0. Prerequisites and setup | Setup | Verify prerequisites, install the app, choose a model, and explore the workspace |
| 1. Create the workspace | Create | Start an Interactive session in an empty local folder |
| 2. Build and polish | Build | Create the quiz and refine it in the integrated browser |
| 3. Inspect and test | Context and test | Read the session details and run a browser-level smoke test |
| 4. Capture project instructions | Instructions | Generate and tailor agent instructions with /init |
| 5. Publish the project | Publish | Create a public GitHub repository from the local project |
| 6. Work with issues and sessions | Implement | Create a backlog, implement one issue in an isolated worktree, and review the diff |
| 7. Plan before you edit | Plan | Use Plan mode to agree on an approach for a second issue |
| 8. Complete the review loop | Review | Open a pull request, address Copilot review feedback, and use Agent Merge |
| 9. Automate issue triage | Automate | Schedule and run a weekly issue-triage automation |
| 10. Continue a session remotely | Remote (optional) | Follow an in-progress local session from the web or mobile with /remote |
| 11. Explore a Canvas | Canvas | Start work from a Repository Issues Kanban Canvas |
| 12. Review and next steps | Review | Recap the workflow and continue learning |