How to use .NET AI agent skills in Visual Studio 2026 and GitHub Copilot
Custom .NET AI agent skills turn Copilot from a prompt box into a reusable workflow engine inside Visual Studio 2026. The setup hinges on Visual Studio 18.4.1+ and pulling skill definitions from the dotnet/skills repo, letting teams standardize agent behavior in code. Developers should care because shared skills mean faster scaffolding, fewer one-off prompts, and more repeatable AI-assisted delivery.