{"slug": "build-with-azure-canvases-a-shared-workspace-for-agents", "title": "Build with Azure Canvases: a shared workspace for agents", "summary": "GitHub published three Azure canvases for GitHub Copilot through the Awesome Copilot marketplace: Azure Functions Hosted Skills, Azure Resources Query, and Azure Cost Health Check. The canvas extensions embed interactive dashboards, editors, and guided workflows directly in the GitHub Copilot app so users and agents share a workspace, and routine interactions such as filtering a table or selecting an option run in code rather than triggering another model call, reducing waiting time and AI credits spent. The canvases install as plugins via Customize > Plugins after users install the Azure CLI and sign in with `az login`.", "body_md": "Introducing Azure canvases for GitHub Copilot\n\nAzure work often spans discovery, analysis, and action. With Azure canvases for GitHub Copilot, those steps can happen in an interactive workspace alongside your conversation with Copilot. Instead of managing results entirely in chat, you can browse resources, explore cost data, and guide a workflow in a purpose-built interface while Copilot remains available to help.\n\nToday, we’re publishing three Azure canvases through the\n[Awesome Copilot marketplace](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot).\n\n## Make Azure work interactive\n\nCanvas extensions bring interactive tools such as dashboards, editors, and guided workflows directly into the GitHub Copilot app. You and your agent share a workspace where you can see progress, make changes, and approve next steps without digging through chat history.\n\nRoutine interactions, such as filtering a table or selecting an option, can run directly in code rather than requiring another model call. That means less waiting and fewer AI credits spent on simple tasks, while keeping the agent available when you need its help.\n\nTo learn more about canvases, see\n[How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and\ncost-efficient](https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/how-canvases-make-agentic-workflows-visible-steerable-and-cost-efficient/).\n\n## Meet the Azure canvases\n\n| Canvas | Use it to | \n|---|---|\n| [Azure Functions Hosted Skills](https://awesome-copilot.github.com/extension/azure-functions-hosted-skills) | Build, run, and deploy hosted skills with Azure Functions. | \n| [Azure Resources Query](https://awesome-copilot.github.com/extension/azure-resources-query/) | Browse a read-only view of resources across selected subscriptions. | \n| [Azure Cost Health Check](https://awesome-copilot.github.com/extension/azure-cost-health-check) | Analyze cost, forecast, budget, governance, and AI billing in a shared dashboard. | \n\nWhether you’re building an automated workflow, finding resources across environments, or understanding spend, the canvas keeps the relevant controls and information visible while you work with Copilot.\n\n## Get started in minutes\n\nThe canvases are available as plugins through the\n[Awesome Copilot](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot) marketplace. Before\nyou begin, [install the Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)\nand sign in with `az login` so the canvases can use your Azure identity.\n\n1. In the GitHub Copilot app sidebar, select **Customize** , then**Plugins** .\n2. Select the Awesome Copilot marketplace, which is installed by default.\nSearch for an Azure canvas and select **Install** .\n3. Start a new session so the plugin’s canvas and skills are available.\n4. Ask Copilot to start with a task that fits the canvas:\n  - **Azure Functions Hosted Skills:** “Create a daily GitHub digest with Azure\nFunctions Hosted Skills.”\n  - **Azure Resources Query:** “Show my Function Apps in Development.”\n  - **Azure Cost Health Check:** “Analyze Azure costs for subscription`<subscription name or ID>` .”\n\nYou can also discover featured canvases under **Customize** > **Canvas**.\nSelect a canvas, choose **Install plugin**, then choose **New session**. The\ncanvas opens beside the chat when Copilot starts the workflow.\n\n## Try an Azure canvas today\n\nInstall the canvas that matches the Azure task in front of you, start a new Copilot session, and use one of the prompts above to get moving. 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