Agent-driven development in Copilot Applied Science
…However, the engineer in me saw this repetitive task and said, “I want to automate that.” Agents provide us with the means to automate this kind of intellectual work, and thus eval…
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A cheat sheet to slash commands in GitHub Copilot CLI
…Custom workflows and extensibility : As support for slash commands expands, you can tailor Copilot to work with your own tasks and automations. Delegate pull requests, switch agents, or connect to CI/CD…
GitHub Actions: Minimum version enforcement timeline for self-hosted runners - GitHub Changelog
…Update installation scripts, VM images, container images, and deployment automation. Recreate runners you’ve built from older cached images or templates. Note: This change applies to github.com, including GitHub Enterprise Cloud…
Codex as agent provider and agentic enhancements in JetBrains IDEs - GitHub Changelog
…Custom models are automatically available to members once configured by an admin. For setup details, see Use your own API keys . User experience We’ve made several improvements to performance and day…
GitHub Actions: Early February 2026 updates - GitHub Changelog
…You’ll manage all infrastructure setup, provisioning logic, and scaling strategies. GitHub provides the APIs and client libraries. You’re responsible for implementing your infrastructure automation. Relationship to Actions Runner Controller The…
5 tips for writing better custom instructions for Copilot
…Installs all libraries and starts the app - setup-env.sh : Installs all libraries - test-project.sh : Installs all libraries, runs unit and e2e tests - MCP servers - Playwright: Used for generating Playwright tests…
How to scan for vulnerabilities with GitHub Security Lab’s open source AI-powered framework
…After we reported this, Automattic (the company behind WooCommerce) quickly released an update ( CVE-2025-15033 ) and accompanying blog post . Intrigued by that vulnerability, we’ve added additional ecommerce applications to our…
Improving token efficiency in GitHub Agentic Workflows
…These teams significantly improve repo hygiene and quality, but as with all agentic work, cost is a growing concern for developers. And because CI jobs like agentic workflows are automatically scheduled and…
How Squad runs coordinated AI agents inside your repository
…This forces genuine independent review with a separate context window and a fresh perspective, rather than asking a single AI to review its own mistakes . In workflows where reviewer automation is enabled…
Turn one giant AI-generated pull request to a reviewable stack
…As the assigned human in the loop reviewer, you come in and look at layer one, the pull request at the bottom of the stack, and see that the automatic Copilot Code…