GitHub Copilot Dev Days 2026

These are the slides I used for the different GitHub Copilot Dev Days across the 10 cities and campuses

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1. GitHub Copilot Dev Days Gulu Edition Gulu University 2nd May, 2026 Tech Community Builder Ronnie Atuhaire
2. Agenda Agenda 01 02 03 04 Evolution of GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot available everywhere Workspace-specific demos Q&A
3. GitHub Copilot: Your AI Companion for Every Workflow Sponsored by Microsoft Open to all
4. Agentic SDLC (2024-Present) Hybrid teams (2026+) Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Riding the waves Today Code completion (2021-2023) Beyond pair programmers Pair programmer Teams + agents
5. One GitHub Copilot, everywhere you code
6. Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 +more OpenAI GPT 5-mini GPT 5.2 GPT 5.3-Codex + More GitHub Copilot Dev Days Latest Model Access Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3 Flash + more Bring Your Own Key Anthropic xAI Google OpenRouter OpenAI Ollama Microsoft Foundry +More
7. GitHub Copilot Your AI pair programmer Real time code suggestions Comments to code Next edit suggestions GitHub Copilot Chat Inline chat commands Agent mode
8. Pair program with GitHub Copilot in VS Code GitHub Copilot in VS Code
9. Capabilities Tools Agent Mode Plan Agent Custom Agents Modernize Skills Instructions & AGENTS.MD Cloud Delegate MCP Apps & Servers Visual Studio Code Hooks & more Integrated Browser Claude & Codex Prompts Subagents Background GitHub Copilot in VS Code delivers the latest in Agentic Development with deep integration across every aspect of software development Test Optimize Review Modernize Plan Deploy Build Orchestrate Delegate Extend Customize Manage
10. AI that works with you Capabilities Tools Debugger Profiler Planning Test Modernize NuGet Azure MCP server GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio works with you, boosting your workflow while keeping you in control every step of the way Test Optimize Review Modernize Plan Deploy Build GitHub Microsoft Learn Visual Studio 2026 GitHub & more
11. Core Features Code Completion & Next edit suggestions Agent mode and ask mode MCP(Model Context Protocol) ​ Code Review, Custom Instructions and more Advanced agentic capabilities Custom Agents Isolated Subagents Coding Agent Plan mode Agent Skills support Agent Instruction Files Support​ GitHub Copilot Dev Days GitHub Copilot in JetBrains, Eclipse, & Xcode
12. GitHub Copilot CLI – your AI terminal companion
13. GitHub Copilot CLI – your AI terminal companion
14. Assign Copilot background tasks in the cloud on GitHub GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
15. GitHub Mobile – collaborate with Copilot while on-the-go Work with Copilot directly from the GitHub mobile app. Assign it issues, ask it to review pull requests, and have it create new projects, all from your phone.
16. GitHub.com VS Code Visual Studio OpenCode Zed OpenAI Codex (in VS Code) SQL Server Management Studio Raycast And so much more.. Your GitHub Copilot Subscription use everywhere.
17. GitHub Copilot can help you with everything Migrating Design Research Documentation Architecture Testing Refactoring Planning Bug fixing Coding Deploying
18. GitHub Copilot SDK – Agents for every app
20. GitHub Copilot is available across IDEs, web, and mobile GitHub.com & GitHub mobile apps Terminal (Copilot CLI) VS Code Slack & Teams JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, Vim, Visual Studio, Xcode Azure DevOps Boards, Linear, Jira N E W N E W N E W
21. GitHub Copilot Dev Days Sweepstake All completed surveys are eligible for our sweepstakes to win a GitHub Copilot Pro+ one-year subscription. https://aka.ms/githubcopilotdevdays/sweepstakes
22. Let’s Connect...
23. Thank you gh.io/copilot