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# Exploring MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot


- **Date:** Thursday, Sep 24, 2026
- **Time:** 11:00–13:00 (120 min)
- **Room:** Stage 12
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI agents like GitHub Copilot tap into external tools, services, and your own account data. In this hands-on workshop, you'll connect GitHub Copilot to both public and authenticated MCP servers, explore the tools they expose, and put them to work—researching topics, troubleshooting issues, and making real contributions to a codebase. You'll also discover how combining MCP servers with agent skills unlocks more powerful, personalized developer workflows.

## Speaker

### [Pamela Fox](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@pamela-fox)

Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft


## Related talks at this congress

- [Accelerating development and managing agents with the GitHub Copilot app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1783-accelerating) — Christopher Harrison
- [Making (and Breaking) Agents by Adding 1,000 MCP Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1730-making-and-breaking) — Guillaume Lebedel
- [Parallelize Your Development with GitHub Copilot](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1873-parallelize-your) — Pamela Fox
- [Practices, Not Prompts: Scale GitHub Copilot with AI-Ready Repositories](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1874-practices-not) — Luis Pujols

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## Links

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