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# Accelerating development and managing agents with the GitHub Copilot app


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Built from the ground up as a native AI coding tool, the GitHub Copilot app integrates with your work and workflow. From triaging issues, managing agents, and creating interactive canvases, you can build, review, and deploy all from one location! Let's explore how to accelerate your dev flow and get the most out of the tool.

## Speaker

### [Christopher Harrison](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@christopher-harrison)

Senior Developer Advocate, GitHub


## Related talks at this congress

- [Going beyond the code through the GitHub Copilot App: how to unlock you and your team’s superpower](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1788-going-beyond-the) — Jenny Hwang
- [The Autonomous Pull Request: Let Agents Ship Without Surrendering Control](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1791-the-autonomous-pull) — Sam Jarvinen
- [GitHub’s Team X-Ray: Your Repository Knows More About Your Team Than Your Team Does](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1691-github-s-team-x-ray) — Andrea Griffiths
- [Agentic Code Validation and Repository Automation with Agentic Workflows](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1784-agentic-code) — Jose Palafox

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## Links

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