VS Code Agent Manager

VS Code Agent Manager is the essential toolkit for supercharging your GitHub Copilot experience. Effortlessly discover, install, and manage custom Copilot Agents directly within VS Code.

Note: This extension is designed to work with GitHub Copilot Chat.

🚀 Features

🔍 Auto-Discovery from any Git Repo

Stop manually hunting for configurations. Point the Agent Manager to any GitHub repository (like the popular awesome-copilot lists or your own team's private repo), and it will automatically index all available items. It recursively scans the repository for dedicated files (.agent.md, .skill.md, SKILL.md) or any markdown file containing YAML frontmatter or HTML comment metadata, automatically extracting descriptions, authors, and tags.

🧠 Skills Management

In addition to agents, the extension supports the discovery and management of Skills. A skill is a reusable set of instructions or context that can be attached to agents. The extension automatically discovers skills in your configured repositories and allows you to install and manage them alongside your agents.

📦 One-Click Installation

Install agents in seconds. Choose to install them globally (User Profile) for access in all projects, or locally (Workspace) for project-specific needs.

🔄 Smart Updates & Version Control

Stay up to date. The extension tracks installed versions against the remote source, alerting you when updates are available. View changelogs and author details at a glance.

🛡️ Git-Powered Reliability & Robustness

Built on top of Git, ensuring that you always get the exact version of the agent you expect. The extension features highly robust Git integration with built-in safeguards (like semaphores) to prevent concurrent operations and ensure stable performance even when working with large repositories.

📊 Telemetry & Insights

Includes privacy-respecting telemetry (opt-in based on your overall VS Code settings) using PostHog and Application Insights. This helps us continuously improve the extension by understanding how features are used and quickly identifying any issues in the wild.

📖 Usage

1. Discover Agents

Open the Agent Manager view by clicking the robot icon in the Activity Bar. The list will automatically populate with agents from the default repository.

2. View Details

Click on any agent to see its description, author, tags, and version history in a dedicated details panel.

3. Install

Click the Install button in the details panel or the download icon in the list.

• Workspace Install: Saves to .github/agents in your current folder.
• User Install: Saves to your global VS Code prompts directory.

4. Manage

The view separates Installed agents from Discovered ones. Right-click an installed agent to Update or Uninstall it.

⚙️ Configuration

Customize your agent sources via VS Code Settings:

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions!

1. Fork the repo.
2. Create a feature branch.
3. Submit a Pull Request.

Enjoy building with Agents!