Safer Agent Automation with GitHub Agentic Workflows

A deep dive into GitHub’s Agentic Workflows feature, with Don Syme of GitHub Next & Peli de Halleux of Microsoft Research. 

Check out the video podcast version here: https://youtu.be/zmM8VISTOwo

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★Show Links★
https://githubnext.com/projects/agentic-workflows/
https://github.github.com/gh-aw/
https://githubnext.com/projects/continuous-ai/
https://github.com/githubnext/repo-assist-impact/blob/main/report.md
https://github.com/microsoft/apm

Creators & Guests

• Bret Fisher - Host
• Beth Fisher - Producer
• Cristi Cotovan - Editor
• Don Syme - Guest
• Peli de Halleux - Guest

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• (00:00) - MAIN - Video Podcast
• (10:42) - Agentic Workflows Explained
• (20:00) - Toil, Repo Assist, and Guardrails
• (39:01) - Why Agents Need Guardrails
• (41:02) - Deterministic Security Box
• (59:33) - Repo Assist in Action
• (01:07:08) - Async Agent Workflow
• (01:12:33) - Workflow Optimization Tricks
• (01:14:20) - Agentic Enterprise Future