Post by Ari LiVigni

Here is the updated LinkedIn post, incorporating the teaser for the upcoming GitHub Skills exercise: 🚀 The GitHub Copilot app is now officially in General Availability (GA) for macOS, Windows, and Linux! 💡 This provides a dedicated desktop home for agent-driven development, built natively on GitHub. If you are leveraging agentic workflows, this environment is designed to streamline how you direct, observe, and tie agents to your existing processes. Here is a breakdown of the key features now available: * Parallel Sessions: Run multiple agent sessions across connected repositories simultaneously. Every session gets its own isolated git worktree and branch, meaning you never have to juggle branches manually. * Canvases: Move beyond chat-only interfaces. Canvases provide a bidirectional surface where you and the agent can actively operate on the same plan, pull request, terminal, or browser session together. * Cloud Automations: Schedule recurring agent work and background tasks in the cloud, ensuring they run even if your machine is offline. * Bring Your Own Model & Tools: Select the specific model you want powering each session and connect your external tools through MCP servers. You can now start a session directly from an issue or prompt, review the diff, validate it in the integrated terminal, and open a PR that respects your team's existing merge requirements. 🛠️ Want to get hands-on with these new features? Keep an eye out! We are currently putting the finishing touches on a brand-new GitHub Skills exercise where you will learn how to build an entire app using the GitHub Copilot App. Stay tuned! 👀 Check out the GitHub changelog to download the app and start your first session today! https://lnkd.in/eh97dGVs #GitHubCopilotApp #GitHub #Agents #Copilot #GitHubSkills #GitHubSkills