This is the bonus content for the #124 edition of 5 Highlights Thursday — 7 highlights this week instead of 5. If you haven’t seen the main newsletter yet, check it out on LinkedIn.
1. What’s your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature?
A Copilot-focused video covering the workflow named in the title, useful for developers looking to apply AI assistance more consistently in day-to-day work.
2. What if an agent could refactor your agent?
A developer-focused look at AI agents, grounded in the specific build or platform scenario named in the title.
3. Event-driven agents, powered by MCP
A developer-focused look at Model Context Protocol patterns, grounded in the specific platform or workflow scenario named in the title.
4. A unified MCP layer with Toolboxes in Microsoft Foundry
A developer-focused look at Model Context Protocol patterns, grounded in the specific platform or workflow scenario named in the title.
5. When chatbots grow buttons: Building MCP apps with FastMCP
A developer-focused look at Model Context Protocol patterns, grounded in the specific platform or workflow scenario named in the title.
6. Building MCP servers with VS Code — Level up your MCP
A developer-focused look at Model Context Protocol patterns, grounded in the specific platform or workflow scenario named in the title.
7. What’s the deal with these IQs?
A current Microsoft developer update focused on the scenario named in the title, selected for this week’s digest based on recency and view count.
As always, please give me feedback on LinkedIn. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know.
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Taswar