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Designing Effective GitHub Copilot Agents

  • GitHub Copilot now supports multiple custom agents defined in agent.md files, letting you create specialized “team members” (e.g., doc, test, security) with distinct roles and rules.
  • Agents often fail because their descriptions are too vague; you must give precise, task‑oriented instructions (e.g., “QA engineer writing React tests, never modify source code”).