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First steps

Build and ship a Space Quiz from an empty folder with guided First Steps workshops for Copilot app, Copilot CLI, and Visual Studio Code.

First steps workshops are guided introductions that help you explore GitHub Copilot without requiring an existing application or a detailed development scenario. Each workshop starts small, introduces the product as you use it, and takes you through a complete workflow.

Every workshop builds the same Space Quiz from an empty folder, so you can pick the tool you want to learn, or complete more than one to compare how each one works.

Workshops

GitHub Copilot app tour

Build a colorful Space Quiz from an empty folder and take it through the development loop: create, refine, test, capture project instructions, publish, plan work, implement issues, review and merge a pull request, automate recurring work, and explore a Canvas extension.

GitHub Copilot CLI first steps

Learn the terminal-first loop: build and review diffs before Git writes anything, run sessions side by side in worktrees, plan before you edit, manage context, then create, merge, and delegate work without leaving your shell.

Visual Studio Code first steps

Use the editor loop: build in a workspace, polish elements from the integrated browser, inspect context, test before Git writes, plan before you edit, and let GitHub tools handle issues, pull requests, and cloud sessions without leaving VS Code.