Prerequisites • Resources • Learning Objectives • Discussion

In this workshop we dive into how you can build and deploy your own AI assistant, and how GitHub Copilot can help you throughout this process.

• Who is this for: Developers

• What you'll learn: In this session we will delve into how you can build and deploy your own AI assistant, and how GitHub Copilot can help you throughout this process. First we will cover some theory on GitHub Copilot as a product and AI chatbots in general, before moving onto a practical exercise where we build our own AI chatbot and deploy it to Azure, all while leveraging various GitHub Copilot features.

• What you'll build: An AI-powered chatbot (template 👉 githubuniverseworkshops/my-universe-copilot)

In this workshop, you will:

• Understand how GitHub Copilot works and how to leverage it in your own software projects
• Understand common AI chatbot use cases
• Learn how to build your own AI chatbot and deploy it to Azure

Before joining the workshop, there are a few items that you will need to install or bring with you.

• A GitHub.com account
• An Azure account
• Access to Copilot
• Access to Codespaces

• Access to Copilot CLI
  • Package: @githubnext/github-copilot-cli
• An OpenAI API key
  • Make sure that you have available an Credit balance for API consumption

• PDF: Workshop slides
• githubuniverseworkshops/my-universe-copilot
• GitHub Discussion: Feedback and comments for the workshop
• GitHub Docs: GitHub Copilot
• GitHub Docs: GitHub Codespaces
• Microsoft Docs: Microsoft Bot Framework
• Microsoft Docs: Azure AI Platform
• OpenAI Docs: API Reference