GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Run several agents at once
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github.blog
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Kayla Cinnamon
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GitHub's Copilot app can give each AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → session its own working files and conversation context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition →, allowing several tasks to proceed at once. Its guide explains that sessions can run in separate Git worktrees and remain individually accessible in the sessions view.
A Git worktree is a separate working checkout attached to the same repository. That separation lets one session develop a feature while another investigates a different task without sharing the same checked-out files. Keeping each conversation's context also lets the developer return to its progress without restarting the explanation.
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
