Let Copilot coding agent tackle your issues directly on GitHub. No coding environment needed.
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Who is this for: Developers at any experience level looking to accelerate their code workflow.
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What you'll learn: How to assign Copilot an issue, review Copilot's work, provide feedback to Copilot, and work on multiple issues in parallel.
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What you'll build: You will provide GitHub Copilot access to the repository for the Mergington High School Extracurricular Activities website, enabling your fellow teachers to make changes without needing to code directly.
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Prerequisites:
- Skills exercise: Introduction to GitHub
- Skills exercise: Getting Started with GitHub Copilot
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How long: This exercise takes less than one hour to complete.
In this exercise, you will:
- How to enable Copilot coding agent on your repository.
- Assign an issue and understand your agent's progress.
- Collaborate with your agent on code changes.
- Customize and optimize your agent's workspace.
- Preparing our issues for better results.
Important
Copilot coding agent is in public preview and free with limitations until June 1st, 2025.
Please expect minor differences in this exercise as features change.
Simply copy the exercise to your account, then give your favorite Octocat (Mona) about 20 seconds to prepare the first lesson, then refresh the page.
Having trouble? 🤷
When copying the exercise, we recommend the following settings:
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For owner, choose your personal account or an organization to host the repository.
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We recommend creating a public repository, since private repositories will use Actions minutes.
If the exercise isn't ready in 20 seconds, please check the Actions tab.
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Check to see if a job is running. Sometimes it simply takes a bit longer.
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If the page shows a failed job, please submit an issue. Nice, you found a bug! 🐛
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