Hands-on training, technical deep-dives, and executive strategy for AI-assisted development
Three content tracks for different audiences, each with accompanying Slidev presentations:
🏗️ Workshop Training — 7 Modules
Hands-on, story-driven training with progressive skill-building for developers and teams.
| Module | Topic |
|---|---|
| 00 — Orientation | Training philosophy and the Shift |
| 01 — Instructions | Repository instructions and architecture docs |
| 02 — Agent Plan Mode | Structured AI collaboration |
| 03 — Custom Prompts | Reusable prompt workflows |
| 04 — Agent Skills | Skills for targeted capabilities |
| 05 — MCP Servers | External system integration |
| 06 — Custom Agents | Autonomous agent workflows |
Uses persona-driven narratives and a production application template (FanHub).
💼 Executive Talks — 3 Talks
Thought leadership for technical leaders making strategic decisions about AI adoption.
| Talk | Focus |
|---|---|
| Agentic Delivery | Agents with instruments and guardrails |
| Agentic Labor | What missions agents can fly beyond code generation |
| Agentic Economics | Economic models for AI-assisted development ROI |
Technical presentations for practitioners exploring specific capabilities and patterns.
| Talk | Focus |
|---|---|
| Copilot Chat | Context mastery for AI collaboration — #file, @workspace, #codebase |
| Copilot Chat Internals | Under the hood diagnostics and Chat Debug View |
| Copilot CLI | Natural language to shell commands and scripting workflows |
| Copilot Web | AI assistance beyond the IDE — PR reviews, issue triage |
| Copilot Memory | Cross-session context persistence and workflow patterns |
| Terminal Sandboxing | Safe agentic execution with network and filesystem controls |
| Talk | Focus |
|---|---|
| Copilot Hooks | Programmable governance — prevention, audit trails, compliance |
| Copilot SDK | Embedding AI agents in custom tools and applications |
| Copilot Primitives | The 4 configuration primitives — instructions, prompts, skills, agents |
| MCP Apps | Rich UI in chat responses with component-based MCP tools |
| Talk | Focus |
|---|---|
| Agent Teams | Coordinated specialists — planners, reviewers, testers collaborating |
| Multi-Step Tasks | Context isolation with subagents for complex workflows |
| Parallel Execution | Simultaneous agents on different branches via Git worktree |
| Talk | Focus |
|---|---|
| Agentic Journey | The 5-phase path from "assign to copilot" to full SDLC automation |
| Agentic SDLC | Rewire repos, PRs, and CI/CD for AI-as-labor delivery agents |
| Enterprise Patterns | Scaling Copilot across organizations with measurable ROI |
See DECISION-GUIDE.md for choosing the right talk for your audience.
All content has accompanying Slidev presentations deployed to GitHub Pages.
| Category | Decks | Live URL Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 7 | /CopilotTraining/workshop/{module}/ |
| Tech Talks | 16 | /CopilotTraining/tech-talks/{topic}/ |
| Exec Talks | 3 | /CopilotTraining/exec-talks/{topic}/ |
Slides are built and deployed automatically on push to main. PRs that touch slides are validated with a build check before merge.
| If you want to... | Start here |
|---|---|
| Build hands-on AI skills | Workshop Module 00 |
| Understand strategic implications | Agentic Delivery |
| Deep-dive a specific capability | Tech Talk Decision Guide |
| Old Metrics | New Metrics |
|---|---|
| Syntax memorization | Clear articulation of intent |
| Clever code only you understand | Code anyone can maintain |
| Fast typing | Fast thinking and design |
| Being the "only expert" | Scaling knowledge across the team |
In the age of AI assistance, the bottleneck isn't "can you write the code?" — it's "do you know what to build?"
💡 Markdown Is the Medium: Every
.mdfile you write—instructions, prompts, agents, skills—is a direct conversation with AI. The most effective teams won't be those with the most elegant syntax; they'll be those with the best prose. Syntax is what AI writes for you. Markdown is what you write for AI.
| Principle | Core Message |
|---|---|
| 🔍 Clarity Beats Cleverness | Understandable code trumps clever code |
| 🎯 Intent Over Implementation | Describe WHAT, not HOW |
| 📚 Documentation Is Leverage | Write once, benefit infinitely |
| ⚖️ Human Judgment Is Non-Negotiable | AI proposes, you decide |
New tech talks are generated through an automated 4-phase workflow:
- Research — Copilot CLI gathers source material and examples from URLs
- Plan — Content outline committed for review
- Build — README.md generated from approved plan (
/approve-plan) - Slides — Slidev deck generated from README
See the Tech Talks Creation Guide for detailed instructions on both the issue-based and local IDE workflows.
Content development is powered by custom Copilot agents and skills that run inside VS Code:
| Agent / Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
@Module Creator |
End-to-end workshop module generation |
@Module Planner |
Research and plan module outlines |
@Tech Talk Generator |
Research and generate tech talk content |
@Slide Generator |
Create Slidev slides from README files |
@Slide Manager |
Generate + verify slides in one pass |
@slide-verifier skill |
Playwright-based slide validation |
@slide-fixer skill |
Auto-fix overflowing or broken slides |
@exercise-author skill |
Create exercise files from module plans |
Agent definitions live in .github/agents/ and skills in .github/skills/.
- Tech Talk Template — Structure and guidelines for tech talks
- Tech Talk Decision Guide — Choosing the right talk for your audience
- Workshop Personas — Meet the training team members
- Slide Deployment — How slides are built and deployed
- Copilot Instructions — Repo-level conventions for Copilot
- GitHub Copilot Documentation
- Custom Instructions for Repositories
- Custom Prompt Files
- Creating Custom Agents
- Copilot CLI
This content is open source under the MIT License.
Built with ❤️ by developers who believe clarity beats cleverness