GitHub Copilot: The Full Practical Guide

The article introduces GitHub Copilot as the fifth installment in a course on AI tools, highlighting its significant evolution beyond basic code completion. Copilot can now act as an AI work tool, capable of inspecting projects, fixing bugs, running tests, and even addressing GitHub issues by creating pull requests. With 50 million users and its integration into GitHub’s ecosystem, Copilot is transforming how software development tasks are managed.

• GitHub Copilot has evolved from a simple code completion tool to a more advanced AI work tool.
• It can now inspect projects, fix bugs, run tests, and create pull requests based on GitHub issues.
• Copilot has 50 million users, and approximately one-third of GitHub pull requests now involve an agent.
• The guide will cover setup, project context, agent mode, reusable instructions, terminal usage, AI models/credits, and workflow building.
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