GitHub Copilot Coding Agent: Build, Test, and Ship Code Fast (Udemy.com)
Learn how to use GitHub Copilot Coding Agent to easily automate development, testing, and DevOps tasks with AI
Created by: Bryan Krausen
Last updated October 2025
What you will learn
- Enable and configure GitHub Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio
- Write effective prompts to guide Agent Mode through coding, testing, and deployment tasks
- Automate multi-step workflows, including multi-file edits, bug fixes, and running tests
- Identify when to use Agent Mode vs. Edit Mode for maximum productivity
How it compares
Against the other 518 rated Udemy courses in Software Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 41% of them
- Reviews1,778#93 of 519 by number of reviews
- Length1.7 hoursshorter than 92% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2025more recently than 50% of them
Course Description
What if you could open a GitHub issue, describe the outcome you want, and come back to a draft PR with tests run and changes ready to review? That’s the promise of the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent. This course is a hands-on guide to delegating real work to an agent that operates in the cloud - planning tasks, updating multiple files, running checks with GitHub Actions, and iterating based on your feedback - so you ship faster with less context-switching.
What You’ll Learn:
Best practices on how to use the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent to your advantage
When to use the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent vs. Agent Mode and how to combine both for maximum efficiency.
Learn the sweet-spot tasks that are ideal for the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
How to enable and configure the Coding Agent for a repository within your GitHub Organization/Enterprise
Writing high-signal issues (clear goals, constraints, acceptance criteria) that the agent can turn into reliable PRs.
Providing additional context to the Coding Agent to ensure the Coding Agent follows your organzation's standards
Guiding runs: reviewing plans and diffs, giving feedback in comments, and re-running tasks safely.
Automating multi-file changes, test execution, and CI workflows - without living in your IDE.
Configure the Coding Agent to work with MCP to connect to external data and increase capabilities beyond GitHub
By the end, you’ll confidently direct the Coding Agent from idea → issue → draft PR, keeping control over quality while offloading the busywork.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,778 Reviews
Bryan Krausen
Bryan Krausen is a Udemy Instructor Partner, Udemy Community Champion, and top-rated Udemy Instructor. He is also a HashiCorp Ambassador and AWS Community Builder and has been involved with the IT community for 20+ years.
Bryan Krausen's career spans over 25 years in enterprise IT and includes data centers, networking, security, cloud, and consulting. Bryan was the principal architect at two leading consultancies, a testament to his deep understanding of the field. His expertise lies in cloud technologies, where he excels in designing, implementing, and optimizing client solutions. He leverages platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a suite of industry-leading tools, including HashiCorp Vault, Terraform, Consul, Nomad, and Packer, to deliver top-notch results. Additional skills include deployment and integrations with GitHub, Kubernetes, Nomad, and much more.
Beyond consulting, he shares his knowledge through publications and speaking engagements, having authored three (3) books and delivered training to over 250,000 students. Bryan often shares insights at community events, including HashiConf, HashiTalks, HashiCorp User Groups, and other major tech conferences.
All course material can be found on GitHub.
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Reviews
By Wei-Ping Tsao on 8/14/2026
Great course and many thanks! I really enjoy the course not only it is compact and easy to follow. And the best part, it comes with demos along the my learning process. It meets my busy schedule at work from home as I can absorb the essence of all in a clear delivery from Bryan. Thanks again.
By Laetitia Nsumpi on 6/29/2026
This was a good intro to understanding Github coding agent and agent mode, especially for someone who is getting started in this AI journey.
By L B Rakesh Kumar . on 6/29/2026
What generaly needs attention is the Agent Mode. Lot of stress is put into talking about copilot. Even with that, there is no stress on how we can control agent's behaviour while writing code. what to include or exclude. skills, md files etc..
By Antonio Blanco Teixeira on 6/29/2026
Explica los conceptos de manera muy detallada y sencilla de entender mediante ejemplos teóricos y prácticos. Lo único malo que veo al curso es que está completamente en Inglés, sin posibilidad de poner los subtítulos de los videos en español (España).
By Gabino Gonzalez on 6/5/2026
I think the title is "bigger" than the course, maybe adding "Introduction" or "Basics" of GitHub Copilot would be better. Overall the course is great, contains the basics with examples of what GitHub copilot is.
By Maaz Momin on 5/25/2026
Would have appreciated if we could have gone deeper or show a demo of how coding agent works. Other than that the course is very good.
By Santiago Mari Baixauli on 5/25/2026
The course is good but we can't practice because it requires licenses that we don't have
By Md Zaffir Alam on 3/31/2026
Initial in don't the git hub copilot can plan, can read files and work with coordination of us. that's a Greate use of GitHub copilots.
By John Ellis on 3/4/2026
This is easy, quick, and covers the base as well. I liked how simple it was using real-world examples.
By Hugo Manuel Ferreira Rosado on 1/14/2026
A concise, objective course that delivers essential content, so we can start producing right away with a solid background. Thanks!
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Overall Score : 90 / 100
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