Customize GitHub Copilot to your personal or company needs in less than an hour.
People love how GitHub Copilot helps them write code faster and with fewer errors. But what if it already knew some context about your job, team, or company? In this exercise, we will make a custom extension for GitHub Copilot that can help you with that.
- Who is this for: Intermediate developers familiar with GitHub Copilot, basic GitHub, and basic web development
- What you'll learn: We'll introduce GitHub Copilot Extensions and how to customize them.
- What you'll build: You'll load an existing template extension and then modify it to support the staff of a high school.
- Prerequisites: Skills Exercise: Getting Started with GitHub Copilot
- How long: This course takes less than one hour to complete.
In this exercise, you will:
- Start up a preconfigured development environment for making a GitHub Copilot Extension.
- Run the included template extension.
- Connect the extension to your GitHub account.
- Customize the extension to your needs.
- Practice prompting with your new custom Github Copilot Extension.
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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