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- [Instructor] One of the things we've talked a lot about in this course is agents, how they can act independently, take goals, and drive tasks forward on our behalf. In this final chapter, I wanna briefly focus on where this is all headed, agentic AI and the infrastructure that supports it, specifically, MCP servers. Visual Studio has recently introduced support for adding custom MCP servers to Copilot chat, opening the door for much more customizable and powerful agent behaviors. Now, we're not gonna do a deep dive into implementation in this course, but I did wanna take a couple minutes in this video to give you a taste of what this unlocks and why it matters. Agentic AI is all about autonomy. Unlike traditional assistants that just respond to direct instructions, these agents can interpret high level goals, make their own decisions, and execute multiple step workflows, often without needing step-by-step input from…

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