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Build your own claw and agent harness with Microsoft Agent Framework
What does it take to build your own "claw" - a capable, CLI-style agent that can plan, use tools, remember things, and safely act on your behalf? Coding agents and assistants like these can feel like magic, but underneath they are an agent harness: a loop around a language model wired up...
Read moreClick to read more about this postIn memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.
Read moreClick to read more about this postStop overloading your skills
You built a skill for your technology. API references, authentication flows, SDK patterns, error handling, version info, all packed into one skill. The agent calls it, gets all that context, and generates code. The kicker? You've just wasted a lot of tokens.
It already knows
Models have...
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Jun 11, 2026
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Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it
I mean, technically I didn't do it.
The Old New Thing
Jun 10, 2026
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Agents League Hackathon 2026 - Enterprise Agents
From declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot to fully autonomous multi-agent systems orchestrating complex workflows, developers now have the power to redefine how work gets done. If you're ready to push those boundaries, Agents League Hackathon 2026 is your stage.
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Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jun 10, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.124
Learn what is new in Visual Studio Code 1.124
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VS Code Blog
Jun 10, 2026
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Is your agent extension actually working?
This is the third article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work correctly with your technology. The series covers what you can and can't control in the agent stack, how to measure whether your extensions are helping or hurting, and how to...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 10, 2026
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Stop skillmaxxing, save your tokens
You built a dozen skills for your technology: authentication, CRUD, error handling, deployment, testing, monitoring. Then you installed a cloud platform bundle with 15 more covering diagnostics, storage, compliance, and cost optimization. A design suite. A marketing pack. Document...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 10, 2026
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Join us for .NET Day on Agentic Modernization Livestream
Announcing the .NET Day of Agentic Modernization Livestream
.NET Blog
Jun 10, 2026
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Spec-Driven Development: A Spec-First Approach to AI-Native Engineering
AI has made software delivery faster, but speed alone does not guarantee better outcomes. As teams adopt AI-native development, the real challenge is keeping requirements, design, implementation, and validation aligned so the final result still reflects the original intent. Spec-Driven...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 10, 2026
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What's the opposite of ClipCursor that lets me exclude the cursor from a region?
There is no such feature, but you can just exclude it virtually.
The Old New Thing
Jun 9, 2026
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PowerToys 0.100 is here: new Shortcut Guide, Command Palette improvements and much more!
We're back with a fresh PowerToys release! This month introduces the brand-new Shortcut Guide, a major Command Palette update with the new Extension Gallery and multi-monitor Dock support, and a wave of improvements to Power Display. We've also upgraded PowerToys to .NET 10, improved...
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