Workspace
Workspace
Set up a VS Code environment (GitHub Codespaces or Dev Containers) with Asta skills installed in the GitHub Copilot agent. Includes Quarto pre-installed with preview auto-starting on port 4848.
Setup
If the project doesn't have .devcontainer/devcontainer.json yet, confirm the plan with the user, then:
- Copy assets/devcontainer.json to
.devcontainer/devcontainer.json. - Open the environment — via Codespaces or VS Code ("Reopen in Container"). If the project has a
_quarto.yml, preview starts automatically on port 4848 — click "Open in Browser" in the notification to view it. Users with thequarto.quartoVS Code extension get additional editor support. - Authenticate with Asta in a terminal inside the container: run
asta auth login, or setASTA_TOKENin the environment before starting the container and it will be passed through automatically.
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