Agentic Development Unleashed: An Agentic Engineering Workshop

Your agent, whether Copilot, Claude etc. aren't just autocomplete anymore - they're agents with opinions, tool access, and (occasionally) the confidence to run rm -rf if you let them. This session cracks open the real mechanics of agentic coding: AGENTS.md, MCP servers, permissions, hooks, and the guardrails that keep you crushing AI collaborator, not crashing in chaos. We'll dig into Spec-Driven Development, feedback loops that make agents smarter with every iteration, and why 93% of agentic permission requests get rubber-stamped (yikes 😅). Less theory, more "steal this workflow today." 🎯 What You Will Get Out ✅ A working AGENTS.md + MCP and context setups you can use immediately 🛡️ Guardrails — permissions, hooks, and pre-commit tricks that catch AI mistakes before they ship 📋 A spec-driven workflow for taming long, messy tasks ⚡ The confidence to move faster without losing control 🍻 Beers and wine afterwards to celebrate your newfound agent engineering skills Automate the agent, or go home. 🤖 This event is part of #BelfastTechWeek - a week of events curated by the tech community, for the tech community.