Most developers are either using Agent Skills wrong… or not at all. In this video, Reynald explains how Agent Skills package instructions, scripts, and resources into reusable workflows in VS Code.

Learn how skills automate multi-step tasks like updating documentation, generating prompts, and streamlining repetitive workflows.

See full series playlist: https://aka.ms/vsc-learn

🔎 Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Agent Skills
00:15 What are Agent Skills
00:40 Demo - Creating a Skill
03:15 Modifying our Skill
04:44 Learn More
04:50 In summary

🔗 Links:
https://aka.ms/custom-agent-skills
https://aka.ms/AwesomeGC

🎙️ Featuring: Reynald Adolphe

#vscode #githubcopilot #ai #programming #automation

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight and powerful code editor developed by Microsoft, offering built-in support for multiple programming languages, debugging, and extensions. From this resource developers can learn about VSCode's features, extensions, and customization options to enhance their coding productivity and workflow.

Visual Studio Code

GitHub Copilot agent skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Copilot can load to perform specialized tasks. They work as an open standard across GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and Copilot Cloud Agent. A practical walkthrough demonstrates creating a custom skill that automatically updates a README file whenever a new feature is added to a project, including how to modify the skill to send a chat confirmation after updating.

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