agentic-dev-kit

agentic-dev-kit

An Agent Plugin for GitHub Copilot in VS Code that takes Azure DevOps work items to tested, reviewed pull requests. It interviews you at every step, and nothing is pushed or written to a shared system without your yes.

How it fits together

flowchart TD
  You([You]) --> Skill[A skill in chat<br/>ado-implement, pr-review, lint]
  Skill --> Gate{Gate:<br/>you decide}
  Gate -->|yes| Agent[The agent works<br/>branch, tests, commits]
  Agent --> Hook[Guardrails hook<br/>checks every tool call]
  Hook --> Shared[(Repo, Azure DevOps,<br/>GitHub)]
  Agent --> Reviewers[Read-only reviewers<br/>PR, Security, Privacy]
  Reviewers --> Gate

Each skill works in rounds. At every gate the agent shows what it found and what it recommends, and you choose. Before the pull request, three read-only reviewers check the change in parallel against your controls: the rules for security, privacy, testing, practices, and lint. A guardrails hook runs before every tool call, blocking destructive commands and asking before anything writes to a shared system.

Skills

Skill What it does
ado-implement Takes a work item to a pull request: assess the item, settle scope, branch, test-first, commit, review, open the PR
pr-review Works a pull request from either side: address the comments on yours, or review someone else’s
lint Runs and fixes the repo’s linters and formatters on the files you touched, and sets up a baseline where there is none
branch-policies Reads and sets branch policies with a team or solo profile
pr Writes a PR body: summary, before and after evidence, merge danger
grilling, grill-me Stress-test a plan or decision with rounds of questions
teach Teaches a new concept inside your workspace

Reviewers

Agent Checks against
PR Reviewer The work item’s acceptance criteria, the test layers, and the testing, practices, and lint controls
Security Reviewer The security controls, plus your organization’s
Privacy Reviewer The privacy controls, plus your organization’s
Lint Runner Runs the repo’s linters in check mode and groups the findings

All four can’t edit files or write to anything. The three reviewers can only read and search; the Lint Runner can also run commands, because it runs your linters in check mode.

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