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Context windows, Plan agent, and TDD: What I learned building a countdown app with GitHub Copilot
Learn how I managed context to keep Copilot focused, used the Plan agent to sharpen vague requirements, and required Test Driven Development practices to catch bugs before users.
Building an agentic memory system for GitHub Copilot
Copilot’s cross-agent memory system lets agents learn and improve across your development workflow, starting with coding agent, CLI, and code review.
What AI is actually good for, according to developers
AI is designed to help you do what you love most, not replace your expertise. Discover how developer feedback and real-world experience are shaping AI coding tools that keep you in control.
Want better AI outputs? Try context engineering.
Learn how custom instructions, reusable prompts, and custom agents help GitHub Copilot deliver more accurate results.
Agentic AI, MCP, and spec-driven development: Top blog posts of 2025
Explore the GitHub Blog’s top posts covering the biggest software development topics of the year.
WRAP up your backlog with GitHub Copilot coding agent
An easy-to-remember acronym, WRAP will help you write effective issues, refine your instructions, and get the most out of Copilot coding agent.
How to use GitHub Copilot Spaces to debug issues faster
Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to debug your issues using GitHub Copilot Spaces and Copilot coding agent.
Your stack, your rules: Introducing custom agents in GitHub Copilot for observability, IaC, and security
Use partner-built Copilot agents to debug, secure, and automate engineering workflows across your terminal, editor, and github.com.
How to orchestrate agents using mission control
Run multiple Copilot agents from one place. Learn prompt techniques, how to spot drift early, and how to review agent work efficiently.
How GitHub’s agentic security principles make our AI agents as secure as possible
Learn more about the agentic security principles that we use to build secure AI products—and how you can apply them to your own agents.
Evolving GitHub Copilot’s next edit suggestions through custom model training
GitHub Copilot’s next edit suggestions just got faster, smarter, and more precise thanks to new data pipelines, reinforcement learning, and continuous model updates built for in-editor workflows.
How we’re making GitHub Copilot smarter with fewer tools
We’re using embedding-guided tool routing, adaptive clustering, and a streamlined 13-tool core to deliver faster experience in VS Code.
How to write a great agents.md: Lessons from over 2,500 repositories
Learn how to write effective agents.md files for GitHub Copilot with practical tips, real examples, and templates from analyzing 2,500+ repositories.
How Copilot helps build the GitHub platform
A breakdown of how Copilot coding agent has contributed to a better, more powerful GitHub.
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