#github

Use when the user doesn't know Git and you need to create, edit or write files in a folder or code, or when the user says save a snapshot, show what changed, revert, upload to GitHub, or merge. Before acting, save a snapshot first; start new features on a branch; after changes, report in plain language with how to undo; always ask before uploading, publishing, merging, or any action that could discard changes; secrets never go into the repository. Use case: Let the Agent manage every change for you when you don't know Git: snapshot before changes, explain after, roll back if something breaks, ask before uploading.

A beginner tutorial: learn only 5 concepts (repository, commit, branch, cloud backup, revert), have the agent check Git and GitHub, and install a Git safety-net Skill. From then on, say in plain words to save, revert or upload, and it will always save first, explain changes afterwards and ask you before key actions. Finally, rehearse breaking something and recovering it. Includes 3 copy-ready prompts.

Developer tutorial on what you need to run the code in Microsoft's AI Agents for Beginners course: forking the repo, Python 3.12, the Azure CLI, a Foundry project with a deployed model, and how to avoid common stumbling blocks.