GitHub Copilot in Slack and Microsoft Teams | demo | GitHub Checkout
Andrea Griffiths and Meagan Cojocar demonstrate GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent running inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, showing how teams can create issues, review diffs, preview HTML, and analyze repository data directly from chat, plus what admins need to enable it safely in enterprise environments.
Overview
In this GitHub Checkout demo, GitHub Copilot is brought into team communication tools so developers can perform common repo workflows without leaving Slack or Microsoft Teams.
What the Copilot Cloud Agent can do in chat
Create issues from a conversation
- Generate GitHub Issues directly from Slack/Teams prompts.
- Turn discussion context into an actionable issue without switching tools.
Review diffs and collaborate on changes
- Review diffs from within the chat experience.
- Support collaborative review workflows where multiple people can steer the agent.
Render live HTML previews
- Render and preview HTML output directly in the conversation.
Analyze repository data
- Perform repository-focused data analysis from Microsoft Teams.
Slack-specific workflow notes
- Demonstrates using Slack code channels.
- Covers agent controls available in Slack.
Enterprise setup and governance
The presenters cover admin and enterprise requirements, including:
- Enterprise settings needed to enable the integration
- Repository instructions
- Enterprise policy requirements
- Firewall rules
Roadmap
- Shares a brief look at future roadmap and upcoming capabilities.
Video chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction to GitHub Checkout
- 00:38 - Generating issues and previewing code in Slack
- 02:33 - How Slack code channels and agent controls work
- 04:35 - Performing data analysis in Microsoft Teams
- 06:14 - Multiplayer collaboration and steering AI agents
- 08:13 - Enterprise settings, repository instructions, and firewall rules
- 09:07 - Future roadmap and upcoming capabilities
- 11:22 - Enabling and setting up the integration