Scripting the GitHub Copilot CLI - Deep Dive

Ready for a deep dive in the Copilot CLI? Go beyond the basics as John shows you advanced ways of thinking about and using the Copilot CLI to help script and automate your daily development activities. John on x: https://x.com/johnlindquist Join the conversation on the Microsoft Foundry Discord: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Discord Sign up for an Azure Free Trial: https://aka.ms/AzureFreeTrialYT Get hands-on with today's VS Code lab repo: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/LabDay2 Catch up on-demand: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/OnDemand Continue learning next week with AI Apps & Agents' global sessions: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Next Register for the January AI Dev Days Hackathon: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Hackathon Chapters: 00:00 - Intro and Overview of Copilot in the Terminal 00:49 - Running Copilot with Prompt Mode and Standard Output 01:30 - Preloading Context and Using Markdown for AI 02:22 - Using Diffs and Automating Commit Messages 03:03 - Key Flags: -p, Allow Tools, and Workflow Security 03:34 - Demo: Running Copilot in the Terminal 04:10 - Setting Up ZSH Aliases for Copilot Commands 05:54 - Interactive Mode vs Prompt Mode Explained 08:49 - Combining AI with Command Substitution and GitHub CLI 11:30 - Continue and Resume Sessions for Workflow Efficiency 13:41 - Building Custom Agents with Markdown 16:36 - Automating Pre-Commit Hooks with AI Agents 18:15 - Introducing MDFlow: Markdown That Thinks 20:49 - Running Markdown Files as Intelligent Agents 23:40 - Advanced Features: Piping, Templates, and Conditional Logic 25:55 - Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts