Facilitator checklist

Day before

Accounts and access

Confirm the presenter GitHub account can access the demo repository.
Confirm the demo GitHub account is not the same account you use for private work.
Confirm GitHub Copilot is enabled for the demo account.
Confirm Codespaces or local workstation access, depending on your delivery path.
Confirm Power BI Desktop is installed if you will show MCP or DAX tests live.
Confirm no Fabric tenant is required for the core lab.
Confirm repository secret scanning and push protection are enabled if you will show repository settings.

Repository and branches

Create a fresh branch for each live demo path.
Restore the starting checkpoint you plan to use.
Create or verify the pre-opened issue for cloud agent.
Create or verify the pre-opened pull request for review.
Save fallback artifacts for baseline run, after run, PR review, and hook denial.
Open Expected results and confirm the page renders.

Validation

Check the published checkpoint tags before a workshop:

pwsh ./scripts/lab/Test-CheckpointTags.ps1 -Fetch upstream

For a checkpoint you restore locally, run the lab checks listed in its verify field. For example, lab09-complete verifies Labs 07, 08, and 09:

pwsh ./scripts/lab/Restore-LabCheckpoint.ps1 -Checkpoint lab09-complete
pwsh ./scripts/lab/Test-LabProgress.ps1 -Lab 07
pwsh ./scripts/lab/Test-LabProgress.ps1 -Lab 08
pwsh ./scripts/lab/Test-LabProgress.ps1 -Lab 09

lab02-start has no checkpoint-specific lab checks.

Presenter environment

Turn off notifications on the operating system.
Turn off email, calendar, and chat popups.
Clear browser tabs that could expose private information.
Sign out of unrelated GitHub accounts.
Set terminal font large enough for the room or recording.
Pin the demo terminal, VS Code, browser, and Power BI Desktop windows.
Confirm the projector or screen share shows the correct display.
Confirm microphone, captions, and recording if needed.

Hour before

Warm the tools

Open VS Code at the repo root.
Open Power BI Desktop to the PBIP if showing Desktop.
Start a terminal at the repo root.
Activate the Python environment if your flow requires it.
Run the exact quick check you plan to show.
Open the lab pages you will reference.
Open the pre-created issue and PR.
Open the fallback sample run files.

Confirm demo branches

Verify git status --short shows only expected changes.
Verify the current branch name is disposable.
Verify the branch matches the checkpoint you plan to start from.
Verify the PR branch is separate from the live branch.

Run one quick lab check

pwsh ./scripts/lab/Test-LabProgress.ps1 -Lab 05

Reduce risk

Copy the exact transition sentences from the demo page into presenter notes.
Keep fallback commands visible.
Keep the reset command ready.
Decide in advance when you will abandon a live agent run and show a sample.