An important piece to copilot is understanding how to write prompts and the topic of prompt engineering. We touch on this with our Introduction to Copilot module, but I believe it's an important topic to cover and deserves its own module in the learning path.

Proposed new module:

A Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot

Learning path placement

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals - Understand the AI pair programmer

• Module 1: Introduction to GitHub Copilot
• Module 2: Introduction to GitHub Copilot for Business
• Module 3: A Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot
• Module 4: New module with MSFT
• Module 5: New module with MSFT

Resources

• https://dev.to/github/a-beginners-guide-to-prompt-engineering-with-github-copilot-3ibp
• https://youtu.be/iihJYAMIRP4
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RbXYAXNo-m10j5MwgSWGLuiC6DST5zbR/edit#slide=id.p1
• https://github.blog/2023-05-17-inside-github-working-with-the-llms-behind-github-copilot/
• https://github.blog/2023-06-20-how-to-write-better-prompts-for-github-copilot/

Potential Units

• Introduction
• Intro to prompt engineering and best practices
• Under the hood flow on how copilot handles user prompts
• Prompt engineering exercise
• Working with LLMs behind GitHub Copilot
• Knowledge test
• Summary