The article highlights the introduction of several innovative features in GitHub Copilot, accessible through VS Code Insiders. Key advancements include agent mode for enabling GitHub Copilot Chat, new AI models from top providers, and capabilities like next edit suggestions to enhance coding efficiency. Additionally, prompt files aim to assist users in creating reusable coding instructions. The future-focused Project Padawan hints at autonomous software engineering agents that could independently manage tasks, allowing developers to assign work and subsequently review AI-generated outputs, marking a significant step towards an AI-assisted coding environment.
To access agent mode, developers need to download VS Code Insiders and then enable the agent mode setting for GitHub Copilot Chat.
Project Padawan involves plans for autonomous SWE agents on GitHub that will independently handle entire tasks at the developer's direction.
Next edit suggestions accelerate code changes by identifying and proposing the next edit based on the context of previous changes.
Vision for Copilot allows users to generate a UI, alt text, and code by feeding Copilot a screen, image, or snip.
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