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Join rotating hosts from GitHub’s Developer Advocacy team - including Andrea Griffiths, Cassidy Williams, Kedasha Kerr, and more for the latest in developer, open source, and GitHub news.

archify

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Agent skill for beautiful, verifiable architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams—self-contained HTML with motion and crisp export.

  • Updated Aug 28, 2026
  • JavaScript

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Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The #1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 175,000+ scientists worldwide. 163 ready-to-use validated skills plus 100+ scientific databases covering biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery. Compatible with Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Antigravity, and the open Agent Skills standard.

  • Updated Aug 28, 2026
  • Python
Copilot CLI update: chronicle, plugins, and fleet mode

GitHub Checkout

In this episode of GitHub Checkout, we sit down with Copilot CLI Product Manager Ryan Hecht to explore the latest experimental features. We cover the plugin marketplace, the /chronicle slash command for self-healing prompts, and how to run Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.4, and Gemini 3 simultaneously. We also walk through how /fleet mode and autopilot can handle massive refactoring tasks while you step away.

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Node.js is a tool for executing JavaScript in a variety of environments.

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GitNexus: The Zero-Server Code Intelligence Engine - GitNexus is a client-side knowledge graph creator that runs entirely in your browser. Drop in a git repository (Github, Gitlab, Azure, Local) or ZIP file, and get an interactive knowledge graph with a built in Graph RAG Agent. Perfect for code exploration

  • Updated Aug 29, 2026
  • TypeScript

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Sweep AI

Sweep is now an AI coding assistant for JetBrains. Learn more: https://sweep.dev/

OpenMontage

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World's first open-source, agentic video production system. 12 production pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill and production-knowledge files. Turn your AI coding assistant into a full video production studio.

  • Updated Aug 22, 2026
  • Python

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Zenhub

Zenhub is the only project management tool natively integrated within GitHub's user interface. The deep GitHub integration allows for the seamless flow of data and powers deep insights and task automation. This allows teams to save valuable time and spend it on what matters most: building great software.

Teams at companies like NASA, Comcast, Nikkei, and Microsoft leverage Zenhub to streamline their GitHub processes and minimize manual tasks and updates.