🤖 GitHub Copilot CLI: a free course to master AI from your terminal
GitHub released an official 7-chapter course to learn GitHub Copilot CLI from scratch. No prior AI experience needed — just knowing how to use a terminal.
📚 What you’ll learn:
| Chapter | Topic |
|---|---|
| 00 | Installation and verification |
| 01 | First steps: 3 interaction modes |
| 02 | Context and multi-file conversations |
| 03 | Code review, debugging, and test generation |
| 04 | Create specialized AI assistants |
| 05 | Automate repetitive tasks with Skills |
| 06 | Connect to GitHub, databases & APIs (MCP) |
🎯 The Copilot family at a glance:
- Copilot CLI → your terminal
- Copilot IDE → VS Code, JetBrains, etc.
- Copilot on GitHub.com → chat about your repos
- Copilot cloud agent → assign issues, get PRs automatically
✅ All code is runnable. Each chapter includes real-world analogies, hands-on examples, and an assignment to practice.
💡 Explanation in a nutshell#
GitHub Copilot CLI is like having an expert colleague in your terminal: you can ask it to review code, generate tests, explain errors, or build an entire app — all without leaving the command line. This free course teaches you how to use it step by step.
More information at the link 👇
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