GitHub Copilot App: A Beginner's Getting Started Guide
GitHub has published a beginner walkthrough of the GitHub Copilot app, a workspace built for the way development actually happens instead of a single linear chat window. Agent sessions are connected to a project, so each session starts with the repository context it needs: you describe the change you want, and the session can examine the project, identify the relevant files, make the changes, and run tests to help validate the work. You can start additional sessions for other questions or tasks without interrupting work already in progress, and Quick Chat opens a separate conversation from the app home screen. A browser canvas, created with the /create-canvas slash command, previews a running application alongside the conversation, and Canvas Dev Mode plus Pick and Polish let you select elements directly in the canvas and use them as context for the next request. Agent Merge then monitors a pull request as it moves through review and CI, and can address review feedback, help resolve CI failures, and handle merge conflicts before you choose to merge.
Transcript
GitHub just published a beginner walkthrough of the Copilot app, a workspace for managing multiple AI agent sessions.
Agent sessions connect to a project, so each one starts with repository context. A developer describes the change, and the session examines files, makes edits, and runs tests.
Additional sessions run alongside the first, and Quick Chat opens conversations. A browser canvas previews a running application. Canvas Dev Mode enables Pick and Polish, selecting page elements as context.
Agent Merge monitors a pull request through review and CI. It can address review feedback, help resolve CI failures, and handle merge conflicts. Once required checks pass, the developer merges.
Inboxsmith helps small businesses handle calls and messages so nothing gets missed. Please like and subscribe for more news.
Sources
Every claim in this video comes from the top ranking coverage of this topic. The claims and where each one came from:
- GitHub published a getting started guide for beginners about the GitHub Copilot app on July 27, 2026.(GitHub official blog post)
- The GitHub Copilot app gives you a workspace where you can manage multiple agent sessions and switch between tasks.(GitHub official blog post)
- Agent sessions are connected to a project, giving each session the repository context needed for a specific task.(GitHub official blog post)
- You can describe the update you want to make, and the session can examine the project, identify relevant files, make the changes, and run tests to help validate the work.(GitHub official blog post)
- Once you have started an agent session, you can create additional sessions for other questions, ideas, or tasks without interrupting your existing work.(GitHub official blog post)
- Quick Chat lets you start a new conversation from the Copilot app home screen.(GitHub official blog post)
- The GitHub Copilot app lets you open a browser canvas to preview your application, and a canvas can be built around a running application.(GitHub official blog post)
- You can Enable Canvas Dev Mode and use Pick and Polish to select elements directly in the canvas and use them as context for your next request.(GitHub official blog post)
- Agent Merge monitors the pull request as it moves through the review and CI process.(GitHub official blog post)
- You can choose which actions Agent Merge can take, such as addressing review feedback, helping resolve CI failures, or handling merge conflicts.(GitHub official blog post)
- Once the required checks have passed, you can choose to merge the pull request.(GitHub official blog post)