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Will GitHub Copilot Agent Mode Kill Cursor and Windsurf?
Project Padawan can be a game-changer!
After making GitHub Copilot free for VS Code users and introducing the Copilot Edits by the VS Code team to enable them to compete with fast-growing AI-integrated IDEs such as Cursor and Windsurf. These days, the VS Code team has introduced a preview feature in the Copilot Edits call agent mode, which is an autonomous AI agent similar to the Composer and Cascade in the Cursor and Windsurf IDEs.
All these new features are related to a bigger product with the codename Project Padawan, which will be an SWE agent on GitHub.
In this article, we will examine the new GitHub Copilot Agent Mode feature in VS Code and discuss the possibility of whether this new agent mode feature in VS Code can make Forked AI-integrated IDEs based on VS Code (Cursor and Windsurf) competitors obsolete.
· A competition that benefits developers
∘ Project Padawan is coming!
∘ What is the Copilot agent mode?
∘ How to use Copilot Edits agent mode?
· Will VS Code have anything more to offer than Cursor and Windsurf?
· Final Thoughts
