May 2025

GitHub for Beginners: Building a React App with GitHub Copilot

Follow along and build a frontend client using React and Copilot Chat.

Real‑world video demo: Using different AI models in GitHub Copilot

Curious about how AI models perform in real-world scenarios with GitHub Copilot? Same. We made a live video demo to find out, and wrote up our key takeaways.

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Engineering

Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components

How to build custom annotations for your design system components or use Figma’s Code Connect to help capture important accessibility details before development.

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Engineering

Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components

The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.

Maintainers

Dos and don’ts when sunsetting open source projects

Three maintainers share their tips for gracefully sunsetting open source projects.

Maintainers

Welcome to Maintainer Month: Events, exclusive discounts, and a new security challenge

This May marks the fifth annual Maintainer Month, and there are lots of treats in store: new badges, special discounts, events with experts, and more.

AI & ML

Copilot ask, edit, and agent modes: What they do and when to use them

An introduction to the three distinct modes of GitHub Copilot and a practical guide for integrating them effectively into your workflow.

Engineering

Building a more accessible GitHub CLI

How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI’s journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.

AI & ML

The AI-powered DevOps revolution: Redefining developer collaboration

Collaboration is crucial to successful software delivery. Let’s dive into how AI can help your development teams decrease their time to delivery, and foster better communication and collaboration using GitHub Copilot.