The Hallway Track

GitHub Copilot

8 tracked signals on GitHub Copilot.

What if an agent could refactor your agent?

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Sep 15, 2026

GitHub Copilot can refactor coding agents to ensure best practices are followed.

“So, in this video, I want to close the gap.”
VS Gets AI Agents + MCP C# SDK 2.0 and More

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Aug 07, 2026

Microsoft is unifying Copilot into a single agent platform across Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub, and CLI.

“A year ago, APIs were the dominant integration layer. Increasingly, MCP becomes the integration layer for AI agents.”
MSFT ONEDEV 0426 Q9 16x9 v1

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Aug 28, 2026

GitHub Copilot's agentic workflows have fundamentally shifted VS Code from local client to cloud-backed AI service

“the product is not just the client software that is installed and runs on your local machine, but it's actually hitting a service that supports the intelligence behind GitHub Copilot”
Extend GitHub Copilot with Tools and MCP Servers

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Aug 21, 2026

GitHub Copilot can use local tools and MCP servers to act on files and the web

“Copilot is the brain and then these tools, MCPs, and then built-in tools that Copilot has under the surface are the hands.”
Configure GitHub Copilot: Settings, Sessions, and Modes

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Aug 21, 2026

GitHub Copilot desktop app offers configurable sessions, model selection, and effort controls for developers

“the effort controls how much reasoning time you want it to spend”