Copilot is just a fancy autocomplete (vol.2)

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

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