GitHub Copilot custom agents can now connect to external tools via MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. This guide demonstrates building a Rails debugging agent that automatically fetches production errors from Honeybadger, analyzes stack traces, investigates codebases, and creates pull requests with fixes and tests. The setup
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What is a Copilot custom agent?How to create a Copilot agent for Rails debuggingAbout honeybadger-mcp-serverConfiguring the agentSetting up the agent in your GitHub organizationTesting Copilot AI agentsConfiguring an agent in a single repositoryGitHub Copilot securityFixing errors with Copilot custom agentsSort: