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@visualstudio.com

Skills = Brain. MCP = Hands. Simona Liao and Leah Tran get into how the two need to work together for AI agents: msft.it/63324aWuon

msft.itThe Next Generation of Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot & Visual StudioGitHub Copilot in Visual Studio is evolving from code suggestions to agent-driven development workflows. In this session, you’ll learn how to use Copilot’s agentic capabilities to plan complex changes, delegate work to cloud agents that run in parallel, and confidently review AI-generated code inside Visual Studio. We’ll also explore how to customize your agents and create safe-guarded automated workflow, so it aligns with your team’s workflows and repository conventions, helping you move faster without sacrificing control. Learning objectives Choose and apply the right agentic workflow for your task, with the addition of structured planning and parallel execution Customize agents and create safe-guarded automation for your team and repo Understand token consumption for your chat sessions and Copilot subscription

12/10/26, 9:00 am0 reposts3 likes

The missing layer is consent: skills choose intent, but MCP tools still need scoped, revocable permissions.

@ivannovazzi.bsky.social

skills = brain, mcp = hands, and when a tool call hangs the whole body just stands there twitching