Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio ...
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

Creating a Custom AI Agent in New Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Build

The new Visual Studio March Update touts "Build Your Own Custom Agents" so I had to immediately try that out. I pointed the IDE's Copilot Chat at an existing Blazor project and had it generate a ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Arrives With ‘AI Woven Into Workflow’

Visual Studio 2026 has Fluent UI and ships with 11 tinted themes. Source: Microsoft Dev Blogs Microsoft unveils Visual Studio 2026 with deeper AI integration, faster performance, and a refreshed ...