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Luke Hoban

@lukehoban

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VP @Microsoft/@GitHub. Previously CTO @PulumiCorp, EC2 @awscloud, TypeScript, VS Code, F# and C# @Microsoft and ECMAScript @TC39.

Seattle, WA
Joined October 2008
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@_Evan_Boyle
Evan Boyle
12 days
Gemini 3 Pro is a beast on terminalbench and available in the Copilot CLI today. My first impressions are that it is both highly capable, but also a little overeager to dive into writing code -- even when you start by asking questions. Anyone else seeing the same? Looking for
@github
GitHub
12 days
Gemini 3 Pro is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot! Early testing in @code shows a 35% higher accuracy compared to Gemini 2.5 Pro. 🚀 Solve real-world problems faster and more effectively. Learn more. 👇 https://t.co/kdQp5OihEa
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@lukehoban
Luke Hoban
2 months
With the `copilot` CLI, developers can use the same agent that powers the cloud-hosted GitHub Copilot coding agent, but locally in their terminal. You can login with your existing GitHub identity and GitHub Copilot subscription, use the built-in GitHub MCP support, and easily run
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Luke Hoban
2 months
Today we're adding one more important entry point for GitHub Copilot - the terminal.
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Luke Hoban
2 months
One of the core goals of GitHub Copilot is to meet developers where they are across every surface areas they work in. Already today, GitHub Copilot is available for code understanding, code authoring and code review in the IDE, GitHub, GitHub Mobile, VS Code, Microsoft Teams,
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Luke Hoban
2 months
With over 1M PRs opened by Coding Agent to date, we've seen broad adoption and usage across every shape of team, organization and enterprise on GitHub. Today Coding Agent is officially entering general availability, available to all paid Copilot subscribers. 🎉
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Copilot coding agent, our asynchronous, autonomous developer agent, is now generally available for all paid Copilot subscribers. Delegate a task to Copilot, and Copilot will open a draft pull request…
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Luke Hoban
2 months
Two big updates for GitHub Copilot coding agents today. 🚀 Coding Agent is now generally available. And we've introduced a new Copilot CLI as part of the GitHub Copilot product suite! https://t.co/ebCES9GlFO
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GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview We’re bringing the power of GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal. With GitHub Copilot CLI, you can work locally and…
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@github
GitHub
2 months
We’re testing something 🧪 GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview. Build, debug, and deploy with GitHub Copilot coding agent without leaving your terminal. Try it out and tell us what you think 👇 https://t.co/ZPexOhsII4
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GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview We’re bringing the power of GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal. With GitHub Copilot CLI, you can work locally and…
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@CameronFoxly
Cameron Foxly
2 months
The public preview of Github Copilot CLI launched today, and if you install it, you'll be welcomed by little ASCII art welcome banner that I animated. Creating it ended up being great example of how vibe-coding has entered my toolbelt. Nerdy deets in 🧵...
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Luke Hoban
3 months
The GitHub Copilot coding agent is now available on every page of GitHub. Delegate any coding task, anywhere you are across GitHub to the coding agent. 🎉 Engage coding agent via: 1. Global launcher (new) 2. Assign an issue 3. Delegate from VS Code 4.
@github
GitHub
3 months
You can now delegate tasks to GitHub Copilot coding agent from any page on GitHub 🤖 Open the new Agents panel in one click, write a simple prompt, then hit Enter. GitHub Copilot works in the background, and opens a PR for your review. No interruptions to your workflow required.
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@lukehoban
Luke Hoban
5 months
Coding Agent offers easy customization of its Internet Access - secure by default - but also easy to open up access to trusted domains and URLs to improve your coding agent's ability to work on your behalf. ✨
@GHchangelog
GitHub Changelog
5 months
Configure internet access for Copilot coding agent
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@JamesNK
James Newton-King â™”
5 months
GitHub Copilot understood the screenshot in my comment, interpreted the emoji and made a good fix. Color me impressed.
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@github
GitHub
5 months
GitHub Copilot coding agent just got a major upgrade. ✨ What's new: • It tests its own UI changes with Playwright and adds screenshots to PRs. • It can connect to more context and tools with remote MCP support. • You can trigger and track tasks from a new dashboard. • It
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@pierceboggan
Pierce Boggan
5 months
@lukehoban loving it :)
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@eleanorjboydpy
Eleanor Boyd
5 months
Insane PR by the Github Coding Agent to implement a fix I haven't had time to get to. What impressed me: - modular design across multiple files - correctly identified and called the envs ext API - worked end to end (minus one `await` that was a quick fix) https://t.co/SFmJeREYWm
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Overview This PR addresses the issue where pytest configuration attempts would proceed without user confirmation when pytest is not installed, and provides better error messages when pytest install...
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@ashtom
Thomas Dohmke
5 months
Finally, we’ve improved the integration between VS Code and your padawan… I mean… Copilot coding agent. 💪 You can now delegate a task to Copilot directly from VS Code. Just type #codingAgent – then track the status of Copilot’s session right in your editor. Collab with your
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Luke Hoban
5 months
And as an extra bonus, we dropped the price of coding agent to align more closely with Agent Mode - so you can now delegate ~20x as much work to Copilot coding agent per month! https://t.co/edNLOMLmHb
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