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Lesson 11 - Explore a Canvas

Install a Repository Issues Kanban Canvas and start a session from an issue card.

A Canvas is a shared, bidirectional surface where you and an agent can update the same plan, board, checklist, or dashboard. Explore a Kanban Canvas that turns repository issues into a visual workflow.

In this lesson, you will:

  • install a Canvas extension.
  • connect the Canvas to the Space Quiz repository.
  • move an issue into active work.
  • inspect the session created from the issue.

Install the Repository Issues Kanban Canvas

  1. Browse the Canvas extensions gallery.
  2. Open the Repository Issues Kanban extension.
  3. Select Install in GitHub Copilot app and approve the installation.
  4. In the app, open Customize, then Canvas.
  5. Confirm that the extension is installed.

Start work from the Canvas

  1. Select New session for the Canvas.
  2. Choose the space-quiz project.
  3. Explore the issue board.
  4. Move an issue card into the active-work column.
  5. Open the automatically generated session.
  6. Confirm that the selected issue is available as session context.

Illustration of the Repository Issues Kanban Canvas with Backlog, Plan, Ready, and Implement lanes. Issue 13, Review screen, is being dragged from Backlog into the Plan lane, while issue 12, Per-question timer, remains in Backlog.

When you drop a card into a lane, the Canvas hands that issue to a new session with the issue already loaded.

The Canvas provides a visual way to select and begin work while keeping the agent grounded in the issue.

Summary and next steps

You used a shared visual surface to start an agent session. Continue to Lesson 12: Review and next steps.