Advanced Techniques for Documenting Code with GitHub Copilot

Video Description

In this episode of Prompt Driven Development, Maxim Salnikov, AI Dev Tools Solution Engineer at Microsoft, demonstrates how to document an app using GitHub Copilot, generating a polished README, API docs, and inline code comments with advanced prompting techniques. He also demos Copilot’s BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) feature, allowing teams to connect their own AI model API keys for greater flexibility. Additionally, Maxim shows how to use prompt files in VS Code - reusable Markdown-based prompts that standardize workflows like code generation, reviews, and scaffolding. 🎥 Watch the full Prompt-driven Development Series: https://aka.ms/Prompt-DrivenDevelopment/Playlist 🔎 Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:14 In this video 00:55 Demo - personal expense tracker 01:33 Read me files 03:03 API documentation 03:27 Edit mode 04:17 BYOK - bring your own key 05:29 Inline code comments 07:18 A review of best practices used 08:59 Happy prompting 🎙️ Featuring: Maxim Salnikov: https://www.linkedin.com/in/webmax/ 📲 Follow VS Code: * X: https://x.com/code * Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev * YouTube: https://youtube.com/code * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/104107263 * GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode #vscode #promptdrivendevelopment #githubcopilot