Learn how to give GitHub Copilot more tools to expand the capabilities of your development workflow. All in less than an hour!

• Who is this for: Developers looking to enhance their AI-assisted workflows, GitHub Copilot users, and AI enthusiasts.
• What you'll learn: We'll introduce MCP basics, a GitHub MCP server setup, and integration with Copilot Agent Mode.
• What you'll build: A mixed development workflow that uses GitHub Copilot to manage issues while upgrading the extracurricular activities website for Mergington High School.
• Prerequisites: Getting Started with Copilot Exercise
• How long: This exercise takes less than one hour to complete.

In this exercise, you will:

1. Integrate a GitHub MCP server with GitHub Copilot.
2. Delegate Copilot to research similar projects and open issues.
3. Ask Copilot to find an important issue and implement it from idea to pull request.
4. Add comments to a recently closed issue.

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.

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