Protect your PC from AI coding agents while modernising legacy .NET apps

by dotnet

In this session, dotnet discusses isolation options for running AI coding agents during .NET application modernisation, using the modernisation plugins for GitHub Copilot CLI.

Sandboxing agents during .NET modernisation

AI coding agents can accidentally delete files or directories, or access resources they were not intended to use. The session treats isolation as a way to contain those risks rather than eliminate the underlying behaviour.

The discussion covers options for separating agents from the main PC while they work on legacy .NET applications through GitHub Copilot CLI modernisation plugins. The central concern is keeping agent activity within a sandbox instead of exposing the main development environment to unintended actions.

Session: BRK035