Using Copilot for Design and Actions Workflows

We are back for another edition of the GitHub User Group. This month we dive into using Copilot and AI to enhance the design workflow, and look at how we can leverage AI in our GitHub Actions.

Product Design with Source Control: Using GitHub, AI, and Preview Builds as Your Source of Truth ~ Walt Lim

In this talk, Walt shares how he uses GitHub and AI to rethink the design process, moving beyond traditional prototypes to code as the source of truth. By using pull requests and ephemeral preview builds, he creates fast, realistic, and testable environments where ideas can be reviewed, iterated, and validated in context. Combined with AI-assisted workflows, this approach helps his team move quicker, reduce ambiguity, and make better decisions with less overhead

From One PR to Another: Agentic Workflows on GitHub ~ Sinan Nar

A live demo of using AI-driven workflows to trigger actions across repositories—automatically creating a PR in a second repo when changes are merged.
bio: Sinan is an Apps and AI Consultant at ARINCO, a Microsoft and GitHub partner consultancy. He co-organises the Aotearoa Azure User Group and the Auckland .NET User Group. An experienced and certified software engineer, he specialises in the Microsoft ecosystem, with a focus on Azure and GitHub.

Agenda
5:30 - Start of pizza and networking
6:00 - Talk 1
6:30 - Break
6:40 - Talk 2
7:15 - Finish

Please make sure to register for the event as we need to provide contact details to Microsoft for security purposes. Registration will close 48 hours prior to the event to provide enough time to send out the access passes for in-person attendees, but you can join online on the day.

If you have a topic you'd like to present (or hear about) please reach out, or create an idea in our GitHub Ideas discussion board.