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Welcome to GitHub Copilot Dev Days 2026

Join us for a community-led developer event on 29 April 2026 focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. This event brings together developers to explore practical workflows, real-world use cases, and hands-on experiences using GitHub Copilot.

The DevOps &amp; GitHub Meetup Brighton will be hosting an exciting session on how AI tooling and how it is transforming the world of DevOps. Discover the latest trends and how AI tooling integrates seamlessly with DevOps in the terminal. Whether you are a coder, software engineer, or data science enthusiast, this event is a must to stay up-to-date with the innovative technologies shaping the industry.

Network with like-minded professionals to gain insights from industry experts, and explore the endless possibilities GitHub Copilot offers. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and be part of the future of DevOps and GitHub Copilot.

Event Agenda

Session 1 - 18:00pm

GitHub Copilot CLI: A DevOps Engineer's Practical Guide to AI-Powered Terminal

As DevOps engineers, we live in the terminal, deploying infrastructure, debugging production issues, managing CI/CD pipelines, and orchestrating complex workflows. What if you could have an AI assistant directly in your command line that understands your context, writes scripts, debugs issues, and even interacts with GitHub.com on your behalf? Enter GitHub Copilot CLI, a powerful AI agent that brings GitHub Copilot's intelligence to your terminal, enabling you to automate DevOps tasks faster and more efficiently than ever before.

Level: BeginnerDuration: 45-MinSpeaker: Marcel Lupo (DevOps MVP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-pwd9000/)

Session 2 - 18:45pm

Customize GitHub Copilot in VSCode

Join us for an insightful session where we explore the innovative ways to customize GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to boost productivity. We'll touch on the challenges of context rot and the need for specialization, and introduce you to the ecosystem of customization, including custom instructions, prompt files, custom agents, and agent skills. You will also see these customizations in action during our live demo!

Level: BeginnerDuration: 45-MinSpeaker: Utkarsh Shigihalli (DevOps MVP https://www.linkedin.com/in/onlyutkarsh/)

Session 3 - 19:30pm

GitHub Copilot CLI workshop

Level: Beginner / IntermediateDuration: 90-MinSpeaker: Marcel Lupo (DevOps MVP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-pwd9000/)

Master GitHub Copilot in the terminal. From custom instructions to MCP servers and custom agents in a 90-minute hands-on workshop with the Tailspin Toys project.

Workshop Overview:

Set up your environmentProvide context to Copilot with instruction filesInstall Copilot CLIUse MCP servers with Copilot CLIAdd features with Copilot CLIUse agent skills for specialized tasksCreate custom agentsSlash CommandsUse slash commands in Copilot CLI

Prerequisites

VS Code or TerminalGitHub CopilotNode.js / PythonGit installed

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