Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Experimental GitHub Copilot 'Agent Skills' in VS Code

Visual Studio Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills, allowing GitHub Copilot to load custom instructions, scripts, and resources for specialized tasks. Agent Skills are defined in a simple folder ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Studio 2026 Gives Copilot Built-In Skills -- and Makes Them Prove Their Worth

Microsoft is moving Agent Skills beyond bring-your-own instructions by shipping expert-authored workflows with the IDE, while keeping them off by default until testing shows their benefits justify the ...
InfoWorld

GitHub Copilot CLI adds Rubber Duck review agent

Rubber Duck uses a second model from a different AI family to evaluate the primary agent’s plans, question assumptions, and raise concerns. GitHub has introduced an experimental Rubber Duck mode in ...
techtimes

GitHub Copilot Replaces GPT-4 With Project Polaris, Ships Multi-Agent VS Code at Build

An audience member seated near a Microsoft logo listens as Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, ...
InfoQ

GitHub Copilot Desktop App Targets Parallel Agentic Workflows

GitHub has introduced the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop control centre for agent-native development that aims to keep engineers in charge while AI agents handle more coding work. Mario Rodriguez ...
techtimes

GitHub Copilot Breaks Agent Barrier: Free Desktop App, JetBrains, Cost Controls

GitHub shipped three Copilot updates in less than a week that together lower the floor for autonomous AI coding, extend its reach into a major enterprise IDE ecosystem, and give administrators the ...