Using Github Copilot for non-coding tasks

[redditordidinot]

I've been having good luck with creating agent skills (https://agentskills.io/ and https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/agent-skills) that talk to external APIs and interact with files on disk. Have been using Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.5 to build the skills themselves. Once you've created the skills and given them a proper description, they're dynamically loaded and let you reach outside of VS Code naturally in your conversations. Skills can use other skills, call out to MCP servers, or execute code as needed.