Extend GitHub Copilot coding agent with custom MCP tools
This video demonstrates an end-to-end MCP-powered workflow with the GitHub Copilot coding agent, using the ‘Copilot Airways’ travel guide as the demo application.
Key topics covered:
- Creating a GitHub Issue from Copilot Chat on GitHub.com: asking Copilot to formulate a structured issue from a verbal description, including a link to the Notion document for traceability between the product team’s requirements and the engineering backlog
- Assigning the issue to Copilot coding agent directly from the Copilot Chat interface—no need to navigate away to the Issues tab
- How the Notion MCP server is configured to give Copilot access to external product documentation, bridging the gap between the product team’s tools and the engineering workflow
- Inspecting the session view to see multiple MCP tool calls used to fetch information from Notion, which were then incorporated into Copilot’s implementation plan and code changes
- How MCP servers and their associated tools are provisioned within GitHub Actions when Copilot is being set up for a coding agent task—visible in the workflow run logs
- Navigating a large pull request using Copilot’s PR change summary to gain the right context before diving into a detailed code review
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