Where the workflow shifted
GitHub Copilot coding agent organizes work around issues, branches, background sessions, and pull requests, moving developer agents from chat into reviewable workflows.
Write each agent task as an issue with context, scope, non-goals, test commands, acceptance criteria, and reviewer ownership.
Tool names are not outcomes
The signal matters when it changes how a team ships, reviews, or recovers work, not when it only names another tool.
Check permissions and failure
- Create a coding-agent issue template with success conditions, test output, and rollback notes
- Keep the test narrow: one low-risk task or tool entry before connecting permissions, logs, failure handling, and human takeover to production
What still needs proof
A natural-language task can produce a code change without satisfying business acceptance. Keep the original source open so the announcement, the evidence, and this site's interpretation stay separate.