GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET: AI-Powered Unit Tests That Actually Build and Run
Visual Studio 2026 ships a purpose-built @Test agent that generates, builds, runs, and self-heals C# unit tests across your entire solution. Here is how the workflow operates, what it does well, and where you still need to think for yourself.
The Visual Studio Debugger Agent: From Bug Report to Verified Fix Without Leaving the IDE
Visual Studio 18.5 ships a Debugger Agent that reads your bug report, sets breakpoints, watches runtime state as you reproduce the issue, and proposes a verified fix. Here is how the workflow operates and where it fits alongside the existing Profiler and custom agents.
The Copilot Profiler Agent in Visual Studio 2026: AI-Driven Performance Tuning That Actually Works
Visual Studio 2026's Copilot Profiler Agent combines AI with the built-in performance profiler to find bottlenecks, generate BenchmarkDotNet benchmarks, and suggest verified fixes — all from a natural language prompt.
The GitHub Copilot SDK for .NET: Embedding Agentic AI Into Your Own Applications
The GitHub Copilot SDK hit public preview this week, giving .NET developers programmatic access to the same agent runtime behind Copilot CLI. Here's how to wire it up with custom tools, streaming, and BYOK support.
The modernize-dotnet Agent: AI-Powered .NET Upgrades Across Every IDE
Microsoft's modernize-dotnet Copilot agent brings structured, AI-driven .NET upgrades to Visual Studio, VS Code, the CLI, and GitHub.com -- turning what used to be a week-long migration into a reviewable, three-stage workflow.
Custom Copilot Agents in Visual Studio 2026: Building Team-Specific AI Workflows
Visual Studio 2026 v18.4 introduces custom agents defined as .agent.md files in your repository, letting teams build AI workflows with workspace awareness, MCP connections, and access to IDE tooling like the new find_symbol tool.