From issue to merge in one loop: the GitHub Copilot app | LIVE162
Seth Juarez and Burke Holland introduce the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop experience aimed at agent-driven development where you can hand off an issue, watch agents work, review the diff, and merge changes from a single screen.
Overview
The session presents the GitHub Copilot app as a new desktop workflow for moving from an issue to a merged change “in one loop,” centered around AI agents working on tasks while the developer stays in a single focused UI.
What the GitHub Copilot app is trying to solve
- Reduce context switching across tools when going from:
- Issue selection/understanding
- Implementation work
- Reviewing changes (diff)
- Merging
- Provide a more holistic, project-oriented view that keeps the developer focused while agents do work in the background.
Workflow comparisons discussed
The presenters compare different ways developers commonly work today:
- GitHub CLI
- VS Code
- The GitHub Copilot app
Topics and features called out
- AI agents in the GitHub Copilot workflow
- Handing off an issue to agents
- Watching progress in real time
- Reviewing the resulting diff
- Merging without leaving the app
- Holistic project view
- A single-screen experience intended to keep attention on the work rather than tool navigation
- Quick chats and cross-project ideation
- Using chat-style interactions for fast iteration and exploration across repositories/projects
- Project access without manual cloning
- A workflow that emphasizes opening/working with projects without the usual “clone first” friction
- Canvas feature
- A visual surface for interacting with AI agents and repositories
Implementation detail mentioned
- The presenters mention Tauri as part of the desktop technology discussion.