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GitHub Copilot use cases

Real examples of people putting GitHub Copilot to work: the task, how it went, what to watch out for, and a prompt you can adapt.

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Daniel Ward used GitHub Copilot’s autopilot and /fleet features to finish larger jobs and divide separate chunks across parallel agents.

GitHub CopilotIntermediate

GitHub engineers had Copilot agents carry out most of a large TypeScript-to-Rust runtime rewrite.

GitHub CopilotAdvanced

A VS Code user had Copilot agent mode run shell commands, but it often missed output or got stuck until they changed the shell setup.

GitHub CopilotIntermediate

A developer used GitHub Copilot to work issues, but learned to give tighter instructions after it wrote weak first PRs and pushed to the wrong place.

GitHub CopilotIntermediate

A developer handed GitHub Copilot two minor website tweaks and got back separate draft pull requests that were easy to test and merge.

GitHub CopilotIntermediate · 2 reports

A founder split solo-company work across eight Copilot agents that shared memory, checked one another, and handled publishing and admin.

GitHub CopilotAdvanced

A commenter used Copilot Pro to turn company competency definitions into interview questions, scoring, and role fit guidance.

GitHub CopilotBeginner