✨ terminal-native AI coding assistant

GitHub Copilot CLI
for Beginners

Learn to supercharge your development workflow with AI-powered command-line assistance. Review code, generate tests, debug issues, and automate workflows — all from your terminal.

🚀 Start the Course 📦 GitHub Repo
8
Chapters
~2h
Duration
0
AI Experience Needed

What You'll Learn

🗣️

Three Interaction Modes

Master inline suggestions, chat-based Q&A, and agentic workflows directly in your terminal.

🔍

Context & Conversations

Analyze multi-file projects by feeding the right context to get accurate, useful AI responses.

⚡

Development Workflows

Automate code review, debugging, and test generation using AI from the command line.

🤖

Custom AI Agents

Build specialized AI assistants tailored to your codebase and coding style.

🛠️

Skills & Automation

Create reusable skills that load automatically and handle repetitive tasks for you.

🔌

MCP Server Integration

Connect Copilot CLI to GitHub, databases, and external APIs via the Model Context Protocol.

Course Chapters

00
🚀 Quick Start
Install GitHub Copilot CLI, sign in with your GitHub account, and verify everything works.
~10 min →
01
👋 First Steps
Watch live demos and master three interaction modes for AI-powered terminal workflows.
~20 min →
02
🔍 Context and Conversations
Provide the right context for multi-file project analysis and meaningful AI responses.
~20 min →
03
⚡ Development Workflows
Use Copilot CLI for AI-assisted code review, debugging, and automated test generation.
~25 min →
04
🤖 Create Specialized AI Assistants
Build custom agents with tailored instructions for your specific development workflows.
~20 min →
05
🛠️ Automate Repetitive Tasks
Create skills that automatically load and handle recurring tasks in your workflow.
~20 min →
06
🔌 Connect to GitHub, Databases & APIs
Extend Copilot CLI with MCP servers to query real data and integrate external services.
~20 min →
07
🎯 Putting It All Together
Combine all skills in a complete feature workflow from concept to tested, reviewed code.
~30 min →

Prerequisites

✓
GitHub Account With Copilot access (free plan, paid, or via GitHub Education)
✓
Terminal basics Comfortable with cd, ls, and running commands
✓
Python (optional) For running the sample book app used in demos
✓
No AI experience needed This course starts from the very beginning