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Advanced GitHub Copilot Techniques
Tune GitHub Copilot for project-scale customization, multi-agent task management, and MCP integration. Customization covers settings, custom instructions, repository and organization configuration,...
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$1,665USD
Duration
2 days
Course Code
AIC-2103
Available Formats
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Overview
Course Description
Tune GitHub Copilot for project-scale customization, multi-agent task management, and MCP integration. Customization covers settings, custom instructions, repository and organization configuration, sharing context through Spaces, custom chat modes, and expanding Copilot through MCP tools. Task-scope expansion covers delegating larger tasks, decomposing and sequencing complex work into agent-friendly pieces, plan iteration, MCP-driven task management, and role-discovery automation. Project-level work covers agents as team members, project state and context management, progress tracking, error handling, automated role switching, and reflective improvement loops built into the workflow. Hands-on labs produce a tuned Copilot configuration, custom chat modes wired to MCP tools, a planned and iterated feature, and a multi-step project workflow that exercises role switching. The course is designed for software developers and data scientists who already use Copilot daily and want to integrate it more deeply into project-level workflows.
Skills Gained
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Configure GitHub Copilot with advanced settings, custom instructions, and chat modes
- Design role-based AI interactions through chatmode and MCP integration
- Integrate MCP servers with custom tools and resources for task management
- Build automated multi-step project workflows using agents and role switching
Who Can Benefit
This course is designed for:
- Software Developers
- Data Scientists & Analysts
- Anyone with advanced GitHub Copilot experience
Prerequisites
Participants should enter this course with:
- Experience with GitHub Copilot (AIC-1102 or equivalent)
- Familiarity with VS Code and development workflows
Organizational Objectives
This course assists organizations to:
- Reduce review cycles by codifying team conventions in Copilot settings and chatmodes
- Accelerate complex feature delivery through structured Copilot task decomposition
- Standardize project-state and role-switching patterns across teams that use Copilot
- Build a working knowledge of MCP-tool integration in two days
Software
All attendees must have a modern web browser and an Internet connection.
Course Details
Course Details
Module 1 - Customizing GitHub Copilot
By the end of this module, you will be able to tune GitHub Copilot through advanced settings and custom instructions, configure repository- and organization-level rules, share context with Spaces, and create custom chat modes that pair with MCP tools.
- Settings and configuration options
- Custom instructions and prompt engineering
- Repository and organization configuration
- Share context with Spaces
- Finding and creating custom chatmodes
- Expanding functionality with MCP tools
- Hands-on Lab: Stand up a shared Copilot repository configuration with at least one custom chat mode that uses an MCP tool.
Module 2 - Expanding Copilot’s Problem Scope
By the end of this module, you will be able to delegate larger tasks to GitHub Copilot, decompose and sequence complex work into agent-friendly steps, iterate on plans through revision, and automate role-discovery so the right Copilot persona handles each task.
- Effectively delegating tasks to Copilot
- Decomposing and sequencing complex tasks
- Revising and iterating on plans
- Using MCP for task management
- Automating role-discovery
- Hands-on Lab: Plan a feature with Copilot using MCP-driven task management and iterate the plan through at least one revision cycle.
Module 3 - From Tasks to Projects
By the end of this module, you will be able to manage Copilot agents as part of a project team, track project state and progress through milestones, recover from errors, and automate role switching for self-reflective improvement workflows.
- Understanding agents as team members
- Managing project state and context
- Tracking progress and milestones
- Handling errors and recovery
- Automating role switching
- Self-reflection and improvement
- Hands-on Lab: Build a multi-step project workflow that includes role switching and at least one self-reflection checkpoint.
Schedule
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Concise and good to follow along. Although it is a lot to take in under a short period of time.
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The training was great . But i expected some of the Networking concepts would be covered in this certification .
Good training. A lot to take in for the short amount of time we have though
