GitHub Copilot Agent Mode

Decided to write this in conjunction with my Hugo site build to explore the capabilities of GitHub Copilot Agent Mode. This feature allows developers to leverage AI agents to assist in coding tasks, making the development process more efficient and streamlined.

What is Copilot Agent Mode?

GitHub Copilot Agent Mode is an advanced feature of GitHub Copilot that enables AI-powered agents to perform more complex, context-aware tasks within your development environment. Unlike standard Copilot suggestions, Agent Mode can:

Building a Hugo Site

As part of my profile update process, I decided to do it this go around using Agentic AI via Github CoPilot. This is fascinating technology where an AI Coding agent performs much of the work on my behalf. I am using various agents as part of this, and at work, i am using Claude Code. It is incredibly powerful but has a price to match its power.