Build reusable GitHub Copilot workflows with agent skills, custom agents, plugins, and marketplaces. Turn a repeated blog publishing process into an automated Copilot skill and use an agent persona to review and improve the result.

Episode 7 of 10 in Build your personal brand with Copilot. Continue to Episode 8 and explore the full series:
https://aka.ms/student-learning-series-website

Build your personal brand with Copilot is a beginner-friendly Microsoft Developer series for students. Follow Microsoft employees as they use GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, GitHub Pages, Microsoft Foundry, MCP servers, and agent skills to create, publish, and improve a professional portfolio website.

In this episode:
0:00 Welcome to skills, agent personas, plugins, and marketplaces
1:15 What an agent skill is
1:46 How agent personas, plugins, and marketplaces work
2:42 Drafting a blog post from podcast notes
3:01 Reviewing the draft with the rubber duck agent
5:25 Converting the improved blog post to HTML
6:08 Publishing the blog post to GitHub
7:04 Turning the manual workflow into a reusable skill
9:32 Reusing the skill in a new session
12:13 Creating and publishing a second blog post
15:03 Installing skills from a plugin marketplace
17:30 Running the resume site sync skill
18:07 Updating the portfolio from a new resume
20:50 Exploring community skills and recapping the workflow

Connect with the presenters:
Kaleb Cole - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaleb-cole
Kurt Emrich - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emrichkurt/

Resources:
Download the prompts, code, and episode artifacts from GitHub: https://aka.ms/student-learning-series
Learn more about GitHub Copilot: https://aka.ms/StudentAI-GitHubCopilotApp

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#GitHubCopilot #AIAgents #AgentSkills

Optimize GitHub Copilot context and token usage to get better AI results with fewer tokens. Learn how the context window works and use /context, /init, and /compact to keep Copilot sessions focused, accurate, and efficient.

Episode 5 of 10 in Build your personal brand with Copilot. Continue to Episode 6 and explore the full series:
https://aka.ms/student-learning-series-website

Build your personal brand with Copilot is a beginner-friendly Microsoft Developer series for students. Follow Microsoft employees as they use GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, GitHub Pages, Microsoft Foundry, MCP servers, and agent skills to create, publish, and improve a professional portfolio website.

In this episode:
0:00 Welcome and an introduction to context and tokens
0:21 What context includes
0:38 How Copilot processes information as tokens
0:46 Viewing context with /context
0:53 Understanding the context window with a suitcase analogy
1:04 Why too little or too much context can hurt results
2:07 Generating a case study page without project context
3:04 Adding project files for better results
3:57 Refreshing project context with /init
4:02 How copilot-instructions.md guides Copilot
5:02 Starting a focused session with the right context
6:08 Checking context usage
6:44 Reducing token usage with /compact
7:11 Recap of context and token optimization

Connect with the presenters:
Emily Rothrock - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-rothrock/
Shivani Sundaresan - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivanisundaresan/

Resources:
Download the prompts, code, and episode artifacts from GitHub: https://aka.ms/student-learning-series
Learn more about GitHub Copilot: https://aka.ms/StudentAI-GitHubCopilotApp

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#GitHubCopilot #PromptEngineering #AITools

Control GitHub Copilot remotely from your phone with the GitHub mobile app. Start a Copilot session on your computer, connect with a QR code, answer questions from your phone, and return to a completed portfolio feature in the canvas.

Episode 10 of 10 in Build your personal brand with Copilot. Explore the complete series:
https://aka.ms/student-learning-series-website

Build your personal brand with Copilot is a beginner-friendly Microsoft Developer series for students. Follow Microsoft employees as they use GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, GitHub Pages, Microsoft Foundry, MCP servers, and agent skills to create, publish, and improve a professional portfolio website.

In this episode:
0:00 Welcome to the final episode
0:47 How GitHub Copilot remote control works
1:18 Planning a page progress bar
1:58 Asking Copilot clarifying questions one at a time
2:31 Turning on remote control with /remote on
2:49 Scanning the QR code with the GitHub mobile app
3:01 Opening the same Copilot session on a phone
3:14 Continuing the session away from the computer
3:27 Answering the navigation bar question
3:56 Choosing where the progress bar should appear
4:29 Letting Copilot finish with reasonable assumptions
5:08 Reviewing the completed feature in the canvas
5:32 Recap of the remote control workflow
5:51 Series wrap-up

Connect with the presenters:
Grant Harris - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantwharris/
Kaleb Cole - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaleb-cole

Resources:
Download the prompts, code, and episode artifacts from GitHub: https://aka.ms/student-learning-series
Learn more about GitHub Copilot: https://aka.ms/StudentAI-GitHubCopilotApp
GitHub's guide to remote Copilot sessions: https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere/
Download GitHub Mobile: https://github.com/mobile

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#GitHubCopilot #GitHubMobile #AITools

Welcome back to The Download! This week, we explore the GitHub Universe 2026 speaker lineup and dive into major updates across the AI agent ecosystem. From 8-hour OAuth access tokens to A2A’s new open-governance home, stay up to date on modern developer tools. Don't forget to check out ttfx for terminal animations and explore all project links below.

— RESOURCES —

Check out the GitHub Universe 2026 session catalogue: https://reg.githubuniverse.com/flow/github/universe26/attendee-portal/page/sessioncatalog
https://githubuniverse.com
GitHub OAuth apps get refresh tokens and more callback URLs: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-14-multiple-redirect-uris-and-token-refresh-for-oauth-apps/
https://blog.cloudflare.com/mcp-security-updates/
https://aaif.io/blog/a2a-joins-aaif
https://a2a-protocol.org/latest/
https://local.ai/andrea?addMachine=1#my-hardware
https://local.ai/about
https://github.com/omacom-io/ttfx
https://github.com/omacom-io/ttfx/releases/tag/v0.3.1

— CHAPTERS —

00:00 Welcome to The Download
00:33 GitHub Universe 2026 session catalog
01:21 GitHub OAuth refresh tokens and callback URLs
01:57 Cloudflare detects MCP traffic
02:32 A2A joins the Agentic AI Foundation
03:18 Project pick: local.ai
03:50 Project pick: ttfx

#GitHubUniverse #AI #DevNews

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In this episode of Teams + Copilot in Action, Farhan Hussain speaks with Mat Batterbee, Director of Strategy & Strategic Alliances from SIPPIO about how voice, Teams Phone, and Copilot are coming together to create new opportunities for Microsoft partners and customers.

This episode is part of the Teams + Copilot in Action series, where we speak with Microsoft partners building real solutions across Teams, Copilot, AI, and modern communications.

Sources referenced in this episode:

- Voice AI adoption and ROI statistics: "The State of Voice AI in 2025: An Industry Report & Survey"
👉Link: https://msft.it/6056aMxu4

- Customer service benchmark data: "Freshworks Customer Service Benchmark Report 2024"
👉Link: https://msft.it/6057aMxuf

- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston customer story: "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - SIPPIO"
👉Link: https://msft.it/6058aMxuA

- Enterprise AI ROI context: The economics of enterprise AI: "What the Forrester TEI study reveals about Microsoft Foundry"
👉Link: https://msft.it/6059aMxu7

The views shared by the guest are their own and do not necessarily represent Microsoft’s official position.

Learn about AI Business Solutions for Partners by visiting AI Business Solutions for Partners or read more partner success stories like this one by visiting: Partner Success stories

ABS for partners
👉Link: https://msft.it/6050aMxuC

Partner Success stories
👉Link: https://msft.it/6051aMxuh

#Microsoft365Copilot #CopilotInTeams