Copilot CLI for beginners: Plan, delegate, and review
GitHub shows beginners how to use GitHub Copilot CLI to plan work, delegate coding to a background agent that produces a draft pull request, and then review the resulting changes from the terminal.
Copilot CLI for beginners: Plan, delegate, and review
GitHub Copilot CLI can offload feature work to a background “cloud agent” while you continue with other tasks. This video focuses on three core actions in a terminal-first workflow:
- Plan the work
- Delegate implementation to a coding agent that generates a draft pull request
- Review the agent’s changes directly in your terminal
What this episode covers
1) Plan
Use the plan command to outline what you want built before any code is written.
2) Delegate
Use the delegate command to hand off implementation to a background agent. The goal is to have the agent:
- implement the feature while you do other tasks
- produce a draft pull request for you to inspect
3) Review
Once the agent finishes, you review the changes in the terminal, keeping the workflow inside your CLI.
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- GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners (repo): https://github.com/github/copilot-cli-for-beginners?utm_source=youtube-cli-beginners-series-episode4-repo-cta&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=copilot-cli-ga-phase-two-2026
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