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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions website/src/content/docs/learning-hub/building-custom-agents.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'Building Custom Agents'
description: 'Learn how to create specialized GitHub Copilot agents with custom personas, tool integrations, and domain expertise.'
authors:
- GitHub Copilot Learning Hub Team
lastUpdated: 2026-07-09
lastUpdated: 2026-08-09
estimatedReadingTime: '10 minutes'
tags:
- agents
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| Complex reasoning, analysis | Claude Sonnet 4 |
| Code generation, tool-driven agentic work | GPT-5.6 *(v1.0.70+)* |
| Code generation, refactoring | GPT-4.1 |
| Code-specialized tasks, large context | kimi-k2.7-code *(v1.0.68+)* |
| Code-specialized tasks, large context | kimi-k2.7-code *(v1.0.68+)*, kimi-k3 *(v1.0.79+)* |
| Quick analysis, simple tasks | Claude Haiku or GPT-4.1-mini |
| Large codebase understanding | Models with larger context windows |

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14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion website/src/content/docs/learning-hub/copilot-configuration-basics.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'Copilot Configuration Basics'
description: 'Learn how to configure GitHub Copilot at user, workspace, and repository levels to optimize your AI-assisted development experience.'
authors:
- GitHub Copilot Learning Hub Team
lastUpdated: 2026-08-06
lastUpdated: 2026-08-09
estimatedReadingTime: '10 minutes'
tags:
- configuration
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This is useful in scripts or CI pipelines where you want the CLI to immediately begin working in a specific mode without an interactive prompt.

**Plan-then-implement (v1.0.79+)**: Combine `--plan` with `--mode autopilot` to have the agent draft a plan first and then implement it without waiting for approval, instead of pausing after the plan for manual confirmation:

```bash
copilot --plan --mode autopilot "Add rate limiting to the API"
```

This is useful for automated pipelines that still want the reasoning benefits of a planning phase but don't want a human in the loop between planning and execution.

The `--max-autopilot-continues` flag controls how many times Copilot can automatically continue in autopilot mode before pausing for confirmation. The default is 5:

```bash
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> **Breaking change (v1.0.79)**: The setting was renamed from `allowDevToolCaches` to `allowDevToolAccess`. If you previously set `allowDevToolCaches` to `false` to opt out, update your `settings.json` to use `allowDevToolAccess` — the old key is silently ignored.

**Sandbox auth settings** *(v1.0.79-8+, breaking change)*: The `/sandbox` configuration dialog now groups git, `gh`, and (on macOS) keychain settings under a new **Auth** tab. The underlying settings keys moved from `sandbox.gitAuth`/`sandbox.ghAuth` to `sandbox.auth.git`/`sandbox.auth.gh`. There is no automatic migration — the old keys are silently ignored in settings files, and SDK requests that still send them are rejected as invalid. Update any saved configuration to the new key names.

**`worktreeBaseRef` setting** *(v1.0.79-8+)*: Controls whether `/worktree`, `/worktree new`, and the `--worktree` startup flag create the new worktree from `HEAD` or from the remote default branch. All three now default to `HEAD`; previously `--worktree` defaulted to starting from the remote default branch. Set this in `/settings` if you want worktrees to branch from the remote default instead.

The `--attachment` flag (available in prompt mode, `-p`) lets you attach files — images or native documents — to the initial prompt in non-interactive mode:

**Browser-based OAuth login** *(v1.0.77+)*: `copilot login` now defaults to the browser (web) flow on local interactive terminals. A browser tab opens, you authenticate with GitHub, and the CLI is authorized without typing a device code. On remote or headless terminals (SSH sessions, CI), device code remains the default. You can force a specific flow with `--web-flow` or `--device-code`, or choose interactively with the `/login` command:
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