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Using AI agents to clean up dead code, stale packages and feature flags

A NimblePros Halloween post walks through removing the accumulated cruft of long-lived .NET codebases: unused private members, unreferenced public types, unused or vulnerable NuGet packages and stale feature flags. The method pairs compiler analyzers and dotnet CLI checks with an AI agent that investigates edge cases, guided by a reusable skill file. It is a practical playbook for teams who never find time to clean up.

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio September update

The September 2026 update to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio adds pull request exploration through the Git agent, moves Bring Your Own Model to a new Agent (Preview) mode, and lets Copilot fix vulnerable NuGet packages from the Error List. The BYOM change is breaking, so check your model setup before updating.