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title: Multi-agent patterns in VS Code you won't learn from docs
date: 2026-06-03
abstract: Building with one agent is familiar. Orchestrating a fleet of them in parallel across local, background, and cloud surfaces is where it gets real. This session covers the decisions that matter, how to decompose work across agents, when to fork vs. delegate, and how to verify quality when agents outnumber you — with patterns for multi-agent workflows you can apply to your own codebase.
tags: Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, AI, Agentic AI
author: Chris Reddington
canonical_url: https://chrisreddington.com/talk/2026-06-03-vscode-live-build/
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Building with one agent is familiar. Orchestrating a fleet of them in parallel across local, background, and cloud surfaces is where it gets real. This session (BRK201) covers the decisions that matter, how to decompose work across agents, when to fork vs. delegate, and how to verify quality when agents outnumber you — with patterns for multi-agent workflows you can apply to your own codebase.

Presented at Microsoft Build 2026 by Julia Kasper, Harald Kirschner, Burke Holland, Kent C. Dodds, Chris Reddington, and Pierce Boggan.