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title: skills-sh-github-awesome-copilot-suggest-awesome-github-copilot-agents
summary: >-
  # 🤖 Custom Agents

  Custom agents for GitHub Copilot, making it easy for users and organizations
  to "specialize" their Copilot coding agent (CCA) through simple file-based
  configuration.

  ### How to Contribute

  See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-agents) for guidelines on how
  to contribute new agents, improve existing ones, and share your use cases.

  ### How to Use Custom Agents

  **To Install:**

  - Click the **VS Code** or **VS Code Insiders** install button for the agent
  you want to use

  - Download the `*.agent.md` file and add it to your repository

  **MCP Server Setup:**

  - Each agent may require one or more MCP servers to function
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