Software & DevOpsDone with Microsoft Scout
Run builds, tests and PR creation with shell commands
A guide shows Scout running build, test, lint and gh commands, listing or creating PRs, and handing diff reviews and test runs to background sub-agents.
- What They Did
- You assign Scout a workspace folder and ask in plain language for builds, tests, lint, git or gh tasks such as listing open PRs or creating one. Scout turns each request into a command and runs it. Read-only commands run automatically, writes and network calls wait for your Approve, and destructive commands are blocked. For bigger jobs it launches background sub-agents, such as Task and Code review agents.
- How It Went
- The guide describes the behavior but gives no results or measurements. Output, tool calls and permission prompts stream into the conversation. Scout is prerelease, so capabilities and defaults may change.
- Worth Knowing
- Access is limited. It needs Windows 11 or macOS 12+, Microsoft 365 and Copilot licenses, GitHub Copilot Business or Enterprise, Frontier early-access enrollment, and IT admin setup.
Try it yourself with Microsoft Scout
In [path to repo], run the build with [build command], the tests with [test command] and the linter with [lint command], then summarize what passed and failed. Fix simple failures, and list my open PRs using the gh CLI. If everything is green, draft a PR title and description for [branch name] and pause to show me before creating it.