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Build like Microsoft: Developer agents in action

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Summary of "Build like Microsoft: Developer agents in action"

  • Introduction: Microsoft introduced Athena, an AI-powered collaborative agent for developers integrated into Microsoft Teams, aimed at streamlining developer workflows.

  • Pull request lifecycle support: Athena assists in recommending reviewers, nudging teams for action, and allowing re-queueing builds directly in Teams.

  • Work item management: Developers can query and update Azure DevOps using natural language, leading to faster review cycles, earlier surfacing of release blockers, consistent completion of security and privacy workflows, and quicker delivery health assessments.

  • Key Improvements: Athena helps teams spend more time building and less time managing work, with workflows that are version-controlled, modular, and seamlessly integrated with existing Teams setup.

  • Engineer Feedback: Engineers at Microsoft have reported being able to build new skills for Athena in days, leading to widespread adoption within the organization.

Steps to Build your own Athena

  1. If you're a developer looking to bring AI into your daily workflows, Athena serves as a blueprint for creating your own AI-powered collaborative agent.

  2. Check out the breakout session from Microsoft Build featuring Athena and how to build agents using the Teams AI Library.

  3. Microsoft continues to invest in Athena to make it more proactive and adaptive, with features that suggest focus areas, coordinate releases, flag risk patterns, and keep teams aligned.

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