How to Select an Agent: Three UIs, One Concept

Day 4 · Week 1 · Meet Your AI Tools

Slack Message — copy & paste

🤖 Tip #4 — You have dozens of agents available across three tools, but most of the time skills auto-dispatch to the right one for you.

#4 All Tools

VSCode Chat — Dropdown menu at the bottom of the Chat panel. Click the agent name, pick from the list (DxPRReview, DxCodeReview, AEMComponent, etc.). Also shows 'Configure Custom Agents...' to manage .agent.md files.
Copilot CLI — Type `/agents` in the terminal. Get a numbered list of all agents (plugin agents AND .github/agents/ agents). Arrow keys to navigate, Enter to select. The selected agent stays active for your session.
Claude Code — Type `/agents` for the full inventory. Shows the richest info: agent name with plugin prefix (`dx-aem:aem-inspector`), model tier (`sonnet`), and memory type (`project memory`). All agents across installed plugins visible at once.

Agent Selection /agents Dropdown Auto-Dispatch

#4 Meet Your AI Tools

1 Auto-dispatch is the real pattern — Most of the time, you don't manually select agents. Skills auto-dispatch. Running `/dx-pr-review` automatically routes to the `dx-pr-reviewer` agent (Sonnet, with ADO MCP tools). The skill knows which agent is right for the job.
2 Manual selection is for exploration — Use `/agents` to discover what's available, learn agent capabilities, and experiment. For actual workflows, let skills handle the routing.
3 Run `/agents` in both Claude Code and Copilot CLI — compare the lists (Claude Code shows 13 plugin agents, Copilot shows 25 .github agents)
4 Know the selection method per tool
- › VSCode Chat — dropdown at bottom of Chat panel
- › Copilot CLI — `/agents` command, arrow keys + Enter
- › Claude Code — `/agents` command, shows plugin prefix + model tier

Agent Selection /agents Dropdown Auto-Dispatch