[General] Looks really cool an easy to catchup with the workflow , if you really plan w...

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**Category:** General

## What I Love About GitHub Copilot Desktop

Looks really cool and easy to catch up with the workflow. If you really plan well, you can beat Devin and Windsurf with this.

### 🌟 Things I Really Like

1. **Session-based workflow** — The ability to have multiple project sessions open like browser tabs is incredibly intuitive. No other AI coding tool does this as cleanly.
2. **Plan → Execute model** — The plan mode with approval gates gives confidence before changes are made, unlike competitors that just start modifying code.
3. **Multi-repo awareness** — Having all my projects configured and accessible from one place with isolated worktrees is a huge productivity boost.
4. **Background agents** — Being able to delegate tasks to sub-agents while continuing work is a game-changer for parallel productivity.
5. **Git-native workflow** — PR/issue-driven sessions that tie directly into GitHub's ecosystem feel natural and reduce context switching.
6. **Canvas system** — The side-panel canvases (editor, browser, terminal) make it feel like a full IDE experience within a chat interface.

### 🏆 How This Can Competitively Beat Devin & Windsurf

| Feature | Copilot Desktop | Devin | Windsurf |
|---------|----------------|-------|----------|
| GitHub integration | Native (first-party) | Third-party | Third-party |
| Multi-session parallelism | ✅ Multiple project sessions | Limited | Limited |
| Plan approval gates | ✅ Built-in | Partial | No |
| Cloud + Local execution | ✅ Both | Cloud only | Local only |
| PR/Issue-driven workflow | ✅ Native | Manual | Manual |
| Sub-agent delegation | ✅ Explore, task, review agents | Single agent | Single agent |
| Ecosystem (MCP/Extensions) | ✅ Extensible | Closed | Limited |

### 💡 Suggestions to Stay Ahead

- Keep improving the orchestration layer (spawning child sessions) — this is a unique differentiator
- The workflow/automation scheduling is powerful — lean into it for CI/CD-like developer routines
- Canvas extensions ecosystem could become a moat if opened to community contributions

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.0.10 |
| OS | macOS 26.5.0 |
| Theme | ABOLKOG |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Day 2 (Week 1) |

Review the /chat workflow and the listed session, planning, multi-repo, agent, canvas, and scheduling suggestions in the issue. The report names no source files, tests, or specific change, and it provides no acceptance criteria for determining when the work is done.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.