dependabot is cool and all, but what if you had a skill that analyzed your entire repo and helped you upgrade all dependencies at once - and helped you migrate across major releases and breaking changes????
Well, you do now, with my new skill 'deps-doctor', you can do just that
If you need to switch between GitHub Public and GitHub EMU in Windows Terminal - then check out this repo and script. It creates two Windows Terminal profiles, one for each account. github.com/jongio/gh-public-…
new skill 'repo-ready': jongio.github.io/skills/cata…
every time I create a repo I ask copilot to add gitignore, add LICENSE, etc.
'repo-ready' skill gets your repo all setup to go live with all the necessary files in place.
'install repo-ready from jongio/skills'
azd 1.27.0 can deploy container images to Azure App Service. Set language: docker with host: appservice, and azd builds the image, pushes it to ACR, and updates the site's container config. blog.jongallant.com/2026/07/…
`azd update` is live.
I kept forgetting how I installed azd, so updating was always annoying. The team shipped `azd update` and now it's just one command, any platform, done.
Try it and file issues if you hit anything.
blog.jongallant.com/2026/04/…#azd#azure#microsoft#devx
dispatch v0.6.0 is out - your terminal Copilot CLI session finder and launcher
- change preview to bottom, left, top right
- expand/collapse all
- plan.md ready indicator - thx @wbreza
`dispatch update` and it's yours.
jongio.github.io/dispatch
grüt 0.0.4 is out - your terminal file explorer with git/github and ai chat.
- merge PRs right from terminal - now with better PR status indicators too
- selecting a branch shows you the files changed
`grut update` if you already have it installed.
jongio.github.io/grut
The gap between "Copilot can explain Azure" and "Copilot can do Azure work" just closed.
Azure Skills Plugin: 19+ curated workflows + 200+ MCP tools. Same prompt, but you get a Dockerfile, infra code, and deployment — not directions.
aka.ms/azure-plugin
This will be helpful to you if you use EMU and Public GitHub CLI on the same machine. Just point copilot at this repo and tell it to set it up for you.
github.com/jongio/gh-public-…
You'll have two Windows Terminal profiles one for each gh auth.
Azure Skills - now has a skill to help your agent build services that use GitHub Copilot SDK - basically harness the power of GitHub copilot in your own services using GitHub or Azure models.
Check it out here: skills.sh/microsoft/github-c…#azure#copilot#aidev#skills
🚀 azd rest - Azure REST API calls without the token headaches.
Provide a URL, it auto-detects the OAuth scope for 20+ Azure services. Auto-pagination, retries, pretty JSON.
azd extension install jongio.azd.restjongio.github.io/azd-rest/#azd#azure#microsoft#dev
`az group bulk-delete` is a new az extension that helps you delete azure resource groups in bulk. By default, it looks for any group tagged with `delete` - but is fully customizable and interactive.
jongio.github.io/az-extensio…#azure#dev