GitHub Copilot app adds shared canvases built from natural language
Users can now turn described workflows into reusable, shared canvases without hand-coding interfaces.
GitHub’s Copilot app lets users create a shared, editable canvas by describing a workflow in an agent session and running `/create-canvas`, without manually building the interface. Canvases can take forms such as boards, checklists or dashboards, and users and the agent can both change the shared state as work progresses. A canvas is saved as an extension for reuse, either with a project team or as a personal tool. Users can refine it by asking for changes such as filters or columns, or adapt community examples from Awesome Copilot, including release-note, kanban and issue-triage tools.
Why it matters
This changes Copilot from a text-only assistant into something closer to a shared control panel for ongoing work. People can sketch out a workflow in natural language, get a working board or dashboard, and then iteratively adjust it through chat instead of UI configuration. Because canvases persist as extensions and can be shared or pulled from community examples, teams can standardise how they track tasks like releases or issue triage inside the Copilot experience itself.
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Sources
- GitHub Blog