What is eval-agents in GitHub Copilot?

Eval-agents is Tyler's open toolkit for automating AI agent trajectory analysis on benchmarks. Uses Copilot CLI agents to parse JSON mountains, spot patterns, build custom analyzers.

How to start agent-driven development with Copilot CLI?

Grab Copilot CLI, VSCode, pick a model like Claude. Prompt conversationally, plan first, refactor relentlessly. Blame process over agents.

Will Copilot agents replace AI researchers?

Nah – they automate toil, create agent-maintenance jobs. Humans still steer the ship.

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Copilot Ate My Analysis Job – Then Built a Team of Agents

Holy crap – 28,858 lines of code in three days, courtesy of agent-driven frenzy. One guy's toil-killer tool is now team gospel, but let's poke the hype balloon.

Open Source Beat Apr 07, 2026 4 min read

GitHub Copilot agents generating code trajectories in VSCode

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Agent-driven dev with Copilot CLI explodes productivity: 28k+ lines in days. 𝕏
Core principles: Conversational prompts, constant refactors, process-over-agent blame. 𝕏
Automation irony: Kills analysis toil, births tool ownership – future of AI teams. 𝕏

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