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Microsoft put GitHub Copilot's engine in a chat app: where agent instructions live now

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On Friday Microsoft rebuilt the Copilot app around three tabs: Home, Code, and Autopilot ( official announcement , September 25). Code is the tab that matters here. Microsoft says it is powered by the same underlying technology as GitHub Copilot, runs in a sandboxed environment, and can be hosted s…

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  1. 2026-09-27 17:34 · DEV Community — AI
    Microsoft put GitHub Copilot's engine in a chat app: where agent instructions live now

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