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: youtu.be/zmM8VISTOwo

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★Show Links★
githubnext.com/projects/agentic-workflows
github.github.com/gh-aw
githubnext.com/projects/continuous-ai
github.com/githubnext/repo-assist-impact/blob/…
github.com/microsoft/apm

Creators & Guests

• Bret Fisher (agenticdevops.fm/people/bret-fisher) - Host

• Beth Fisher (agenticdevops.fm/people/beth-fisher) - Producer

• Cristi Cotovan (agenticdevops.fm/people/cristi-cotovan) - Editor

• Don Syme (agenticdevops.fm/people/don-syme) - Guest

• Peli de Halleux (agenticdevops.fm/people/peli-de-halleux) - Guest

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• (00:00) - MAIN - Video Podcast

• (10:42) - Agentic Workflows Explained

• (17:43) - Toil, Repo Assist, and Guardrails

• (36:44) - Why Agents Need Guardrails

• (38:45) - Deterministic Security Box

• (57:16) - Repo Assist in Action

• (01:04:51) - Async Agent Workflow

• (01:10:16) - Workflow Optimization Tricks

• (01:12:03) - Agentic Enterprise Future

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