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# Copilot is just a fancy autocomplete (vol.2)

[Read the post](https://tine.staric.net/blog/2025/copilot-fancy-autocomplete-vol2/) · Tech Adventures in Business Central (Tine Staric) · 2025-09-21 · 2261 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> The author says GitHub Copilot Agent mode in VS Code has replaced Edits in her own AL development work. She recommends turning on the Todo List Tool, raising Max Requests, and adding copilot-instructions.md with a project overview. She also names her preferred models (Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, Grok Code Fast 1) and MCP servers for AL, and warns that too many tools use up the context window.

## Key points

- Agent mode with built-in tools has replaced Edits as the preferred Copilot workflow for AL development
- Enable Todo List Tool and increase Max Requests setting to 100 for uninterrupted task execution
- Use copilot-instructions.md files and project overview instructions to guide consistent code generation
- Claude Sonnet 4 is recommended as the default model; GPT-5 and Grok Code Fast 1 are reliable alternatives
- MCP servers (GitHub/Azure DevOps, Microsoft Docs, Al-symbols-mcp, Bc-code-intelligence-mcp, Serena) extend agent capabilities but should be used selectively to preserve context window

## Context

- Features: Copilot Agent mode, Copilot Edits, Todo List Tool, Max Requests setting, copilot-instructions.md, MCP servers, model selection

Source: Tech Adventures in Business Central, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.