How to set up custom themes, sounds, and MCP servers in the GitHub Copilot app
GitHub walks through customizing the GitHub Copilot app to better match an individual developer workflow.
Overview
The video demonstrates how to personalize the GitHub Copilot app experience, including UI customization, audio feedback settings, voice dictation configuration, and extending the app with MCP servers and custom model providers.
What the video covers
Customizing the look and feel
- Changing themes and color schemes
- Adjusting notification and input sounds
Voice dictation configuration
- Configuring voice dictation settings
- Selecting and managing transcription models
Extending the app with skills, plugins, and MCP
- Adding skills and plugins
- Connecting custom MCP servers
Using custom model providers (BYOK)
- Bringing your own keys to connect to custom model providers
- Plugging in local AI models
Organizing work and projects
- Customizing project names and icons in the sidebar
- Filtering and sorting the “My work” section
Advanced features
- Setting up custom automations
- Spend optimization controls
- Using interactive canvases to orchestrate agentic sessions
Video chapters
- 00:00 Introduction to customizing the GitHub Copilot app
- 00:23 Changing themes and color schemes
- 00:44 Setting custom notification and input sounds
- 01:23 Voice dictation settings and transcription models
- 01:45 Adding skills, plugins, and MCP servers
- 02:18 Bringing your own keys for custom model providers
- 02:46 Customizing project names and icons on the sidebar
- 03:30 Filtering and sorting the my work section
- 04:01 Setting up custom automations and spend optimization
- 05:23 Interactive canvases for agentic session orchestration
- 07:05 Wrap-up and community feedback
Links
- Download the GitHub Copilot app: https://gh.io/app
- GitHub Blog: https://github.blog