Track: Agentic Development¶
Target Audience: Teams adopting agentic AI workflows Duration: 36 hours (12 sessions × 3 hrs) Difficulty: Beginner → Advanced Recommended Delivery: 4–6 days (2–3 sessions per day)
Description¶
The comprehensive path from Copilot fundamentals through full agentic workflows. This track covers everything from basic suggestions to building custom agents, MCP servers, agent skills, and cloud-based autonomous coding. Designed for teams that want to adopt the agent paradigm — where AI doesn't just suggest, it plans, executes, and iterates autonomously.
Prerequisites¶
- Solid software development experience (1+ years)
- GitHub Copilot Enterprise Cloud access; verify the customer’s enabled features before the lab
- VS Code installed with GitHub Copilot extension
- Git proficiency (branching, PRs, merging)
- Node.js or Python installed (for MCP server development in Sessions 10–12)
Sessions¶
| Order | Session # | Title | Difficulty | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 | Introduction to GitHub Copilot | Beginner | 3 hrs |
| 2 | 02 | Copilot Chat & Inline Suggestions | Beginner | 3 hrs |
| 3 | 03 | Prompt Engineering Fundamentals | Beginner | 3 hrs |
| 4 | 04 | GitHub Copilot in the CLI | Intermediate | 3 hrs |
| 5 | 05 | Agent Mode in the IDE | Intermediate | 3 hrs |
| 6 | 06 | Copilot Spaces & Context Management | Intermediate | 3 hrs |
| 7 | 07 | Copilot for Code Review & Pull Requests | Intermediate | 3 hrs |
| 8 | 08 | Copilot App, Plugins & Canvas Extensions | Advanced | 3 hrs |
| 9 | 09 | Copilot Cloud Agent | Advanced | 3 hrs |
| 10 | 10 | MCP Servers & Custom Tool Integration | Advanced | 3 hrs |
| 11 | 11 | Custom Agents & Agent Profiles | Advanced | 3 hrs |
| 12 | 12 | Agent Skills & the Copilot Ecosystem | Advanced | 3 hrs |
Recommended Delivery Schedule¶
4-Day Intensive¶
| Day | Sessions | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Sessions 01, 02, 03 | Foundations |
| Day 2 | Sessions 04, 05, 06 | Intermediate workflows |
| Day 3 | Sessions 07, 08, 09 | App canvases + cloud agent |
| Day 4 | Sessions 10, 11, 12 | Full agentic stack |
6-Day Standard¶
| Day | Sessions | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Sessions 01, 02 | Setup and Chat |
| Day 2 | Sessions 03, 04 | Prompting + CLI |
| Day 3 | Sessions 05, 06 | Agent mode + context |
| Day 4 | Sessions 07, 08 | Code review + app canvases |
| Day 5 | Sessions 09, 10 | Cloud agent + MCP |
| Day 6 | Sessions 11, 12 | Custom agents + skills |
Learning Outcomes¶
By completing this track, trainees will be able to:
- Use all Copilot surfaces — inline, Chat, CLI, agent mode, Copilot App, and cloud agent
- Build and configure Copilot Spaces for team context management
- Use the cloud agent for issue-driven autonomous development
- Build canvases that let people and agents work from the same artifact
- Build custom MCP servers that extend Copilot's capabilities
- Create custom agent profiles with specialized instructions and tools
- Develop and share agent skills for team workflows
- Design end-to-end agentic workflows: issue → agent → PR → review → merge
- Evaluate third-party coding agents (Claude, Codex) alongside Copilot
- Architect an agent strategy for a development team
Next Steps¶
- DevOps & Automation — Apply Copilot and agent mode to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure
- Enterprise Rollout — Govern and scale agentic workflows across the organization
- Full Mastery — Add DevOps, Squad orchestration, enterprise governance, and capstone