⚔️🌌 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 🌌⚔️ Most teams adopting agentic development skip straight to "install it and see what happens." VS Code just published the structured alternative — 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 across three courses, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞, hands-on. 🛠️ This is a 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨 👇 ⚡ 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬: agent-first development, your first agent session, reviewing and controlling agent changes, where agents actually run, debugging, then building a real app in agent mode. Note that "reviewing and controlling changes" is lesson three, not an afterthought. 🛠️ 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 on 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬. This is the one enterprise architects should read twice — it's how your coding standards stop being a wiki page and start being something the agent obeys. 🔌 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 on tools, 𝐌𝐂𝐏 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, agent plugins and 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝-𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 — connecting the crew to your databases, APIs and services. ⚠️ One heads-up for the regulated galaxy: course three teaches developers to wire agents into external tools and MCP servers. That's exactly the capability you want them to have — and exactly the moment you want an 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐂𝐏 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 already agreed with security. Roll out the training and the guardrails together, not six weeks apart. ⚖️ Here's the line most people will skim past: the 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 is now the curriculum. Instructions, skills and hooks aren't advanced topics any more — they're course two of three. Agentic development stopped being about what the model can do and started being about what you configured it to do. 🐸 👉 Start learning: https://msft.it/6041v4Zjb 🌌 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. #AgenticAI #VSCode #microsoftswitzerland #microsoft #irlyma
Ready to get started with agentic development in Visual Studio Code? Three free courses can help you build your foundation and expand your workflows: ⚡ Agent Foundations: Learn agent-first development and build applications using Agent Mode. 🛠️ Agent Customization: Customize workflows with agents, instructions, skills, prompts, and hooks. 🔌 Extending Agents: Connect tools, MCP servers, plugins, and third-party agents. Start learning: https://msft.it/6044v26ny
