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Grounding agents in Microsoft Learn

A concrete test of the added value of connecting a coding agent to Learn MCP Server

docs skill

A GitHub Copilot skill that analyzes a codebase and generates a browsable documentation site, built for the Afterburner challenge.

Build CLI

Microsoft Build CLI brings the Build 2026 session catalog to your terminal: search sessions by your tech stack, discover talks, and plan your schedule without leaving the command line.

XRM live

The XRM metadata-driven platform went from a 3-hour proof of concept to powering a live application, with Entra ID auth, audit trails, lifecycle hooks, computed fields, and state machines.

XRM

Built an XRM platform MVP in a weekend with GitHub Copilot CLI, from requirements document to working Blazor app with schema designer, CRUD, child records, and 71 tests.

AI squad

Squad drops a coordinated AI team into your repository (a lead, frontend dev, backend dev, and tester) using GitHub Copilot for repository-native multi-agent workflows.

Foundry Local

A local AI doc assistant that combines on-device inference with Foundry Local and grounded documentation retrieval from Learn MCP Server. No API keys needed.

Notepadmin

Windows Notepad got rich text, AI features, and a vulnerability. So I built a cross-platform plain-text editor with GitHub Copilot CLI, C#, .NET 10, and Avalonia UI.

Blog overhaul

Used GitHub Copilot CLI to add alt text to 80 posts, meta descriptions to 150 posts, fix images, and backfill five draft posts from LinkedIn, all in one weekend.

Learn CLI and plugins

Learn MCP Server is now available as a CLI tool and a Claude Code plugin, and agents with skills are increasingly capable of invoking CLI tools directly.