GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Guide

A curated resource hub for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

🆕 What's New · 🎥 Videos · 📚 Resources · 🚀 Get Started

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📋 Overview

This site is a curated resource hub for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio. Rather than duplicating documentation, we focus on:

• Curated links to official Microsoft and GitHub sources
• Video library organized by Copilot enablement pillars
• Changelog tracking for what's new in Copilot
• Presentations for team training and demos

🆕 What's New

Track the latest updates for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio:

• January 2026: Colorized completions, partial acceptance
• November 2025: VS 2026 GA, GitHub cloud agent preview
• August 2025: MCP generally available
• May 2025: Coding agent announcement

View full changelog →

🎥 Video Library

30+ curated videos from official sources (Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, GitHub), organized by pillar:

Pillar	Description	Videos
🚀 Getting Started	Introduction and setup	5
⚡ Autocomplete	Code completions	2
💬 Chat	Copilot Chat	6
🤖 Agent Mode	Autonomous coding	9
🔌 MCP	Model Context Protocol	1
🔍 Code Review	AI-powered review	3
⚙️ Advanced	NES, debugging, custom instructions	9

Browse video library →

📚 Resources

Curated links to official documentation and learning materials:

• Official Documentation — Microsoft Learn, GitHub Docs
• Visual Studio Blog — Copilot announcements and tutorials
• GitHub Blog — Deep dives and tutorials
• Microsoft Learn Training — Official training modules
• Community & Support — Discussion forums and help

View all resources →

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm or pnpm

Run Locally

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/htekdev/copilot-visual-studio-guide.git
cd copilot-visual-studio-guide

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

The site will be available at http://localhost:4321.

Available Commands

Command	Action
npm install	Install dependencies
npm run dev	Start local dev server at localhost:4321
npm run build	Build production site to ./dist/
npm run preview	Preview production build locally

🏗️ Architecture

src/
├── content/
│   └── videos/        # Video content by pillar
├── pages/
│   ├── index.astro    # Homepage
│   ├── whats-new.astro # Changelog
│   ├── videos.astro   # Video library
│   ├── resources.astro # Resources hub
│   └── presentations.astro
├── components/
│   └── Sidebar.astro  # Navigation
└── layouts/

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-addition)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to your branch (git push origin feature/amazing-addition)
5. Open a Pull Request

Contribution Ideas

• 🎥 Suggest new videos from official sources
• 📋 Update changelog with new releases
• 🔗 Add new official resource links
• 🐛 Report issues or bugs

🔗 Official Sources

• GitHub Copilot What's New
• GitHub Changelog (Copilot)
• Visual Studio Blog
• GitHub Copilot Docs
• Microsoft Learn

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

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