AI Coding Agents with GitHub Copilot and Cursor

Explore how to work with AI coding agents that can create, edit, organize, delete files, run programs in the command line, and more. AI coding assistants have already changed the way developers write and maintain code. Now they are gaining agentive abilities that let them act directly in projects: to add and edit code, create and organize files, extend features, and more. Explore how AI coding agents work, how to use them to supercharge your workflows, where the opportunities and pitfalls are, and how to keep your skills current as the world of software development evolves.

Learning objectives

• Understand the difference between the chat, edit, and agent modes in AI coding agents.
• Explore the capabilities of AI agents.
• Discover how to add custom instructions to AI coding assistants and coding agents.
• Develop a human-in-the-loop mindset for coding with AI agents.

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