The Terminal Strikes Back, Agentic Engineering using the CLI

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Demonstrates GitHub Copilot CLI as a terminal-first agentic dev environment with background delegation to GitHub cloud, session resume and checkpoints, and a share context export that reproduces a golden workspace; shows autopilot (Ralph) loops and fleet sub-agents that run parallel workers, plus an example of MCP bloat (one MCP had 86 tools) and pricing mechanics where some models carry a premium request multiplier 7 while IQ is 0.33; extensibility includes LSPs, skills/scripts that save tokens, plugins and a Copilot SDK for self-improvement.

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1. 0:00Agentic engineering in terminal
2. 1:13GitHub Copilot CLI features
3. 3:01Copilot CLI modes
4. 4:28Essential CLI commands
5. 5:09Model selection pricing
6. 7:57Session resuming rollbacks
7. 9:46Context sharing workspace
8. 11:16Instruction files init
9. 12:39Adder command external code
10. 13:24IDE diffs integration
11. 14:51Safeguards YOLO mode
12. 16:17Plan mode specs
13. 17:46Autopilot continuous tasks
14. 19:52Fleet parallel tasks
15. 20:33Premium pricing model
16. 22:39Billing changes enterprise
17. 24:26Built-in agents tasks review
18. 26:16Agents rubber duck review
19. 28:49Custom agents personas
20. 30:15Language Server Protocol
21. 31:18Skills plugins MCPs
22. 33:26MCP limitations context
23. 36:19Skills marketplace creation
24. 38:47Plugin marketplace enterprise
25. 40:54Smarter CLI-native tools
26. 41:37Powerful CLI-native integrations
27. 42:58Background cloud tasks
28. 43:43Remote keep-alive features
29. 45:07Daily recaps improvements
30. 46:30Experimental SDK features
31. 47:34Closing remarks Q&A

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