Lesson 11 - Explore a Canvas

A Canvas is a shared, bidirectional surface where you and an agent can update the same plan, board, checklist, or dashboard. Explore a Kanban Canvas that turns repository issues into a visual workflow.

In this lesson, you will:

• install a Canvas extension.
• connect the Canvas to the Space Quiz repository.
• move an issue into active work.
• inspect the session created from the issue.

Install the Repository Issues Kanban Canvas

1. Browse the Canvas extensions gallery.
2. Open the Repository Issues Kanban extension.
3. Select Install in GitHub Copilot app and approve the installation.
4. In the app, open Customize, then Canvas.
5. Confirm that the extension is installed.

Start work from the Canvas

1. Select New session for the Canvas.
2. Choose the space-quiz project.
3. Explore the issue board.
4. Move an issue card into the active-work column.
5. Open the automatically generated session.
6. Confirm that the selected issue is available as session context.

When you drop a card into a lane, the Canvas hands that issue to a new session with the issue already loaded.

The current Repository Issues Kanban extension moves cards with pointer-based drag and drop. If you cannot use that interaction, note the issue number on the board, open the issue from Issues, then select New session. This creates the same issue-grounded session without moving the card.

The Canvas provides a visual way to select and begin work while keeping the agent grounded in the issue.

Summary and next steps

You used a shared visual surface to start an agent session. Continue to Lesson 12: Deploy the site with GitHub Pages.