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Hardware for agent control is landing as niche market.

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Description

Hardware for agent control is landing as niche market. Keyboards such as [Creator Micro 2](https://worklouder.cc/creator-micro-2) offers a different way to manage our work.

I see two types of integrations:
1. Keyboard shortcut integration: Allows users to use these kind of hardware to control things like the Mode, Thinking Effort and others using a physical device.
2. Software Integration: Software Vendors such as GitHub partners with Hardware Vendors to create deeper integrations.

Focusing on keyboard shortcuts, there is currently a limited amount of keyboard shortcuts that can we be used to active capabilities in GitHub. I would be great to have some keyboard shortcuts to, thinking for a few:
- Change model
- Change thinking effot
- Change agent
- Start voice input (when Copilot App enables voice support)
- Open Canvases

Shortcuts can enable cool new ways to integrate hardware into the Copilot App Experience.

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.1.2 |
| OS | macOS 26.5.2 |
| Theme | GitHub |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 12 |

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Research direction

Start at the Copilot app's /chat experience on macOS and review how keyboard shortcuts are currently exposed; the issue names no source files or tests. Confirm the supported actions and shortcut behavior for changing the model, thinking effort, agent, voice input, and Canvases, with a documented scope and acceptance criteria before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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