az:Repo: The Code and Cloud Agentic Workshop, 14 November 2025
GitHub Universe '25 Recap: AI Edition
The launches from GitHub Universe 2025, unpacked for builders.
- Organizer
- Microsoft Azure Community
- Venue
- Microsoft Office Philippines
- Attendees
- 100
- Type
- Talk
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- GitHub
- Copilot
- AI
- GitHub Models
Abstract
A fast recap of GitHub Universe 2025's AI launches, delivered for the Microsoft Azure Community: Agent HQ, Copilot Plan Mode, custom agents, MCP server integrations, the Copilot CLI, background agents, and Copilot code review, plus GitHub Spark and the Octoverse 2025 report.
Outline
- Agent HQ, now available in VS Code
- Copilot Plan Mode and background agents
- Custom agents (name, tools, models, prompts, MCP servers)
- MCP server integrations and the Copilot CLI
- Copilot code review
- Bonus: GitHub Spark, Student Developer Pack, Octoverse 2025
Key takeaways
- Copilot is moving from autocomplete to an agent platform (Agent HQ)
- Custom agents plus MCP servers let you tailor Copilot to your stack
- The Copilot CLI brings agents to the terminal; Spark generates micro-apps