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Build your own claw and agent harness with Microsoft Agent Framework
What does it take to build your own "claw" - a capable, CLI-style agent that can plan, use tools, remember things, and safely act on your behalf? Coding agents and assistants like these can feel like magic, but underneath they are an agent harness: a loop around a language model wired up...
Read moreClick to read more about this postIn memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.
Read moreClick to read more about this postStop overloading your skills
You built a skill for your technology. API references, authentication flows, SDK patterns, error handling, version info, all packed into one skill. The agent calls it, gets all that context, and generates code. The kicker? You've just wasted a lot of tokens.
It already knows
Models have...
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Jun 25, 2026
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Save the Date: Pure Virtual C++ 2026
Pure Virtual C++ is back for its 7th year! Join us on July 21 for a free, one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community.
C++ Team Blog
Jun 25, 2026
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Your agent already has a plan
If an agent isn't doing the right thing, the obvious move is to make the docs clearer. Add a tip, spell out the correct command, describe the right approach more prominently. You do all of that, and the agent still ignores it. It does what it had already decided to do. The tip wasn't...
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Jun 25, 2026
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Learn from Microsoft: Transform software development through an agentic platform
See how Microsoft is transforming software development with agentic workflows, AI-powered automation, and specialized agents across the engineering lifecycle.
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 25, 2026
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The case of the DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded, part 1
Figuring out how it went missing.
The Old New Thing
Jun 25, 2026
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Which Azure Cosmos DB Role Does My App Need?
Sudhanshu,
Iria
In the previous post in the series, we covered the security decisions you make on day one. In this part, we will talk about how to give your app access to Cosmos DB data, using roles and a managed identity instead of keys.
The situation
You’ve built your app. It works locally. Now...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jun 24, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.126
Learn what is new in Visual Studio Code 1.126
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VS Code Blog
Jun 24, 2026
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Azure Functions MCP Extension: What's New at Build 2026
A roundup of what shipped in the Azure Functions MCP extension since preview: resource and prompt triggers, MCP Apps, built-in MCP authentication, structured and rich content, fluent .NET configuration APIs, and what is coming next.
Azure SDK Blog
Jun 24, 2026
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When the model has never seen your code
This is the fifth article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work correctly with your technology. The series covers what you can and can't control in the agent stack, how to measure whether your extensions are helping or hurting, and how to...
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