Tutorial: GitHub Copilot Across CLI VS Code Cloud | Future of Data and AI | Agentic AI Conference

Why It Matters

Copilot’s omnipresent AI assistance transforms development into a continuous, tool‑agnostic workflow, boosting productivity and enabling non‑developers to contribute code.

Key Takeaways

• GitHub Copilot now spans IDEs, terminals, cloud, and mobile.
• New agent and plan modes enable autonomous code generation and task delegation.
• Multiple AI models (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be switched within Copilot.
• CLI allows full‑stack development without leaving the terminal.
• Integrated tools support testing, documentation, and issue management across workflows.

Summary

The session, led by Microsoft developer advocate Kale Cinnamon, demonstrates how GitHub Copilot has expanded beyond a simple pair‑programming assistant to a ubiquitous AI companion available in VS Code, other IDEs, the terminal, Azure DevOps, and even the GitHub mobile app.

Cinnamon outlines Copilot’s evolution from basic code completion (2021‑2023) to today’s “agentic” development lifecycle, where the tool can plan, automate, review, and even act as a teammate. Users can select from multiple large‑language models—including Anthropic’s Claude series and OpenAI’s GPT‑4 variants—or supply their own API keys, tailoring performance and cost.

Live demos illustrate the workflow: in VS Code the assistant pulls open issues, links Figma mockups, generates a checklist, and writes code without leaving the IDE; the new CLI’s plan and autopilot modes let developers design features like a weather widget for a personal garden site entirely from the terminal; the mobile app can spawn an agent to scan a repo for security flaws and draft a pull request on the go.

By meeting developers wherever they work, Copilot lowers the barrier to software creation, accelerates delivery cycles, and paves the way for hybrid human‑AI teams that can delegate routine tasks, freeing engineers to focus on higher‑level design and innovation.

Original Description

This session with Kayla Cinnamon, Senior AI Developer Tools Advocate at Microsoft, takes a practical look at how GitHub Copilot fits into the modern development workflow across tools you already use. From the CLI to VS Code to cloud environments, you’ll see how Copilot supports real development tasks end to end, and where each interface adds value or creates friction. Through a live build, this session highlights how context shifts across tools and what that means for productivity.

In this session, you’ll learn to:

- Use GitHub Copilot effectively across CLI, IDE, and cloud environments to build features end to end with a smooth, connected workflow.

- Recognize where context breaks down between tools and apply practical patterns to switch surfaces without slowing down your development process.

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