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Guides

From first install to agent mode, organized by level and by role. Every link goes to the official GitHub docs.

Picked for Bluestone Assurance

Start here. Each one is chosen for what your team told us.

301

Custom instructions

The biggest fix for weak suggestions on old Java

  • Adding repository custom instructions for GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
  • Adding repository custom instructions for GitHub Copilot in your IDEdocs.github.com
201

Explaining and refactoring code

Understanding and modernizing the legacy claims code

  • Using GitHub Copilot to explore a codebasedocs.github.com
  • Refactor codedocs.github.com
  • Using GitHub Copilot to reduce technical debtdocs.github.com
301

Agent mode

Small, tested refactors across many files

  • Using agent mode in your IDEdocs.github.com
201

Writing better prompts

Better results on legacy code with better context

  • Prompt engineering for GitHub Copilot Chatdocs.github.com
  • Best practices for using GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
201

Writing tests

A safety net before touching old code

  • Writing tests with GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
  • Generating unit testsdocs.github.com
Role track

Track: team leads

Monthly adoption numbers for the CIO update

  • Driving GitHub Copilot adoption in your companydocs.github.com
  • Measuring the success of a GitHub Copilot trialdocs.github.com
  • Viewing the Copilot usage metrics dashboarddocs.github.com
301

AI credits and budgets

Make sure budgets aren't holding teams back

  • Usage-based billing for organizations and enterprisesdocs.github.com
  • Budgets for usage-based billingdocs.github.com
  • Getting started with budget controlsdocs.github.com

101 Getting started

Install in your IDE

Get Copilot running in VS Code, JetBrains, or your editor of choice.

  • Quickstart for using GitHub Copilot in your IDEdocs.github.com
  • Installing the GitHub Copilot extension in your environmentdocs.github.com

Your first suggestions

How inline suggestions work and how to accept, cycle, or ignore them.

201 Everyday use

Writing better prompts

Picked for you

Give Copilot the context it needs to get it right the first time.

  • Prompt engineering for GitHub Copilot Chatdocs.github.com
  • Best practices for using GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com

Writing tests

Picked for you

Generate unit tests, edge cases, and test data from your code.

301 Advanced

Agent mode

Picked for you

Let Copilot plan and make multi-file changes in your editor, with you in control.

  • Using agent mode in your IDEdocs.github.com

The cloud agent

Hand an issue or task to Copilot and review the pull request it opens.

  • Concepts for GitHub Copilot cloud agentdocs.github.com

Role tracks

Track: developers

The habits that save developers the most time, week one to week four.

  • Best practices for using GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
  • Speeding up development work with GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
  • GitHub Copilot Chat cheat sheetdocs.github.com

Track: team leads

Picked for you

Roll out to your team and track adoption.

Quickstart for using GitHub Copilot in your IDEdocs.github.com
  • About GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
  • Using Copilot Chat

    Ask questions about your code, get explanations, and fix errors in chat.

    • Getting started with prompts for GitHub Copilot Chat in your IDEdocs.github.com
    • GitHub Copilot Chat cheat sheetdocs.github.com

    What Copilot is good and bad at

    Where it saves the most time, and where to double-check its work.

    • Best practices for using GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
    • Application card: GitHub Copilot inline suggestionsdocs.github.com
    Writing tests with GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
  • Generating unit testsdocs.github.com
  • Explaining and refactoring code

    Picked for you

    Understand unfamiliar code and clean it up in small, safe steps.

    • Using GitHub Copilot to explore a codebasedocs.github.com
    • Refactor codedocs.github.com
    • Using GitHub Copilot to reduce technical debtdocs.github.com

    Copilot code review

    Get a first review on pull requests before a teammate looks.

    • Using GitHub Copilot code reviewdocs.github.com
    • Review AI-generated codedocs.github.com
    Best practices for using GitHub Copilot to work on tasksdocs.github.com

    Custom instructions

    Picked for you

    Teach Copilot your conventions, frameworks, and preferences per repository.

    • Adding repository custom instructions for GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
    • Adding repository custom instructions for GitHub Copilot in your IDEdocs.github.com

    Extending Copilot with MCP

    Connect Copilot to your tools and data through the Model Context Protocol.

    • About Model Context Protocol (MCP)docs.github.com
    • Extending GitHub Copilot Chat with Model Context Protocol (MCP) serversdocs.github.com

    AI credits and budgets

    Picked for you

    How usage-based billing works and how to set budgets.

    • Usage-based billing for organizations and enterprisesdocs.github.com
    • Budgets for usage-based billingdocs.github.com
    • Getting started with budget controlsdocs.github.com
    • Driving GitHub Copilot adoption in your companydocs.github.com
    • Measuring the success of a GitHub Copilot trialdocs.github.com
    • Viewing the Copilot usage metrics dashboarddocs.github.com

    Track: admins

    Seats, policies, and settings for your organization.

    • Setting up GitHub Copilot for your organizationdocs.github.com
    • Managing policies and features for GitHub Copilot in your organizationdocs.github.com
    • GitHub Copilot seat assignmentdocs.github.com

    Track: security teams

    Content exclusions, data handling, and audit logs.

    • Content exclusion for GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
    • Reviewing audit logs for GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com
    • Resources for getting approval of GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com