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Microsoft Agent Framework Integrates with GitHub Copilot SDK for Building AI Agents

Published 2026-01-27Ingested 2026-03-02Agentic AIHigh

Summary

Microsoft announced the integration of its Agent Framework with the GitHub Copilot SDK, enabling developers to build AI agents powered by GitHub Copilot. The integration combines the Agent Framework's consistent agent abstraction with Copilot's capabilities including function calling, streaming responses, multi-turn conversations, shell command execution, file operations, URL fetching, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration. Support is available in both .NET and Python. This releas

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GitHub Copilot
Alignment: Reinforces current position
Related Positions: agentic-workflows.md, ai-assisted-development-tooling.md, enterprise-ai-delivery.md
Related Partnerships: microsoft-github.md
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