Dev Proxy for local agent request emulation
Emulate agent request responses locally to test changes without deploying.
Dev Proxy
Intercepting agent requests and returning modified responses locally to test changes to documentation or server responses without deploying to production.
Free
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/how-to-test-agent-experience-changes-without-shipping-them
Dev Proxy is a tool used to intercept agent requests locally. It allows developers to return modified responses, effectively emulating changes to documentation or server responses. This enables testing hypotheses about agent behavior without deploying to a live environment.
- How to test agent experience changes without shipping them ↗Microsoft for Developers · Microsoft for Developers · Jul 21, 2026 · paraphrased
First seen on Subvolts Jul 21, 2026. Updated Sep 11, 2026. Spotted a problem? Tell us.
- How to test agent experience changes without shipping themMicrosoft · Microsoft for Developers · Jul 21, 2026
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Questions people ask
- Which AI tools does this work with?
- Any current model. It was seen with Copilot in the sources.
- Where did this come from?
- Microsoft for Developers (Microsoft for Developers). Subvolts collected, normalized and credited it; the link above opens the original.