A practical, code-heavy guide to building specialized Copilot agents for real-world development workflows Introduction Visual Studio 2026 pushes GitHub Copilot beyond simple chat assistance and into a more agentic workflow. In addition to agent mode, Visual Studio now supports built-in specialized agents and custom agents that you can define in your repository using .agent.md files….
Introduction With the rise of AI copilots and agents, there’s a growing demand for tools that allow developers and domain experts to build autonomous systems quickly and effectively. Copilot Studio, part of the Microsoft Power Platform, allows you to create, extend, and customize AI copilots—AI agents capable of decision-making, interacting with users, and executing workflows….
Introduction In our previous post, we created a meeting scheduler using Microsoft’s Copilot Studio. Today, we’ll go beyond the basics and look at three more powerful autonomous agents that interact with external APIs, reason across multi-step workflows, and manage user preferences through memory and conditions. ⚡ Agent 1: IT Helpdesk Troubleshooter 🛠 Purpose: Diagnoses basic…
Introduction As autonomous agents evolve, they need intelligence, context, and rich interfaces. In this post, you’ll learn how to: Each section includes Power Fx, plugin payloads, and Power Automate usage. ✨ 1. Data Enrichment with OpenAI (GPT) 📌 Use Case: Your copilot gets an ambiguous user question like: “What could be the business impact if…