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2026 (5)

September (4)

ai: From Chatbots to Automated Agents: Routines in Microsoft Foundry Are Now Generally Available

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-09-24

Microsoft Foundry’s Routines feature is now generally available, adding event-driven and scheduled automation so agents can monitor work, react to business events, and continue tasks over time instead of only responding in chat.

devops+ai: Full SDLC in a Single Skill Command

Let's do DevOps

2026-09-22

The article title and subtitle suggest a workflow for managing the full software development lifecycle from Jira to production using a single command and a team of automated agents. No technical implementation details are provided in the excerpt.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Foundry Routines in Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Foundry Agent Service now includes Foundry Routines in public preview. This adds a native trigger primitive so published agents can run automatically on schedules or in response to business events.

github: Stage-only npm tokens for safer automation

GitHub

2026-09-18

GitHub added a new npm granular access token permission option, Read and write (stage only). It allows automated workflows to stage package versions for review without granting the token full publish access.

July (1)

dotnet: From generated code to trusted code with a unit-test agent

.NET

2026-07-31

Microsoft introduced an open-source polyglot unit-testing agent that analyzes a repository, generates unit tests, and verifies that the tests build and pass. The post focuses on moving from generated code to code that is checked and trusted through automated testing.