Tag: ai-agents

A 2026 playbook for CLAUDE.md files that Claude Code actually follows: the 200-line target, when to use path-scoped rules in .claude/rules/, @import hierarchy and 5-hop max depth, the user-message vs system-prompt gap, the line between CLAUDE.md and auto memory, and when to give up and write a hook instead. Anchored to Claude Code 2.1.x and verified against the official memory docs.

Claude Code v2.1.119 expands --from-pr beyond github.com. The CLI now accepts GitLab merge-request, Bitbucket pull-request, and GitHub Enterprise PR URLs, and a new prUrlTemplate setting points the footer PR badge at the right code-review host.

Three ways to put Claude Code on a schedule that triages GitHub issues unattended in 2026: cloud Routines (the new /schedule), the claude-code-action v1 with cron + issues.opened, and the session-scoped /loop. Includes a runnable Routine prompt, a complete GitHub Actions YAML, jitter and identity gotchas, and when to pick which.

GitHub Copilot for VS Code shipped Bring Your Own Key on April 22, 2026. Wire your own Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, or Azure account into Chat, or point at a local Ollama or Foundry Local model. Billing skips the Copilot quota and goes straight to the provider.

Build a working Model Context Protocol server in C# 14 / .NET 11 using the official ModelContextProtocol 1.2 SDK. Covers stdio transport, [McpServerTool] attributes, dependency injection, the stderr logging trap, and registration with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and VS Code.

Build a working Model Context Protocol server in Python using the official mcp 1.27 SDK and FastMCP. Covers Pydantic schemas, the stdio stdout trap, mcp dev / mcp install, and registration with Claude Desktop and Claude Code.

Step-by-step guide to wrapping any command-line tool as a Model Context Protocol server using the TypeScript SDK 1.29. Covers the stdout trap, child_process patterns, error propagation, and a full working git server.

Visual Studio 18.5 GA ships a guided Debugger Agent workflow in Copilot Chat that forms a hypothesis, sets breakpoints, rides along through a repro, validates against runtime state, and proposes a fix.

GitHub Copilot Modernization is pitched as an Assess, Plan, Execute loop for migrating legacy .NET apps. The assessment phase is where the value lives: an inventory report, categorized blockers, and file-level remediation guidance you can diff like code.

The .NET team shares ten months of real data on running GitHub's Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime: 878 PRs, a 67.9% merge rate, and clear lessons on where AI-assisted development helps and where it still falls short.