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GitHub Copilot Workspace

  • GitHub Copilot Workspace launched in May 2026
  • Agent Mode added to VS Code for agentic workflows
  • Concerns over cost, reliability, and user experience

Ukrainian scanned PDFs to Markdown for RAG and LLMs

Most document-to-text tools are tuned for English. A scanned Ukrainian invoice or court decision often comes back as Latin look-alike gibberish, or with its tables lost.

  • Python script converts scanned PDFs to Markdown preserving tables and headings
  • Document to Markdown for AI tool updated for Ukrainian text OCR
  • Pricing based on pay-per-event model with OCR page charges

Plugins That Stay Local: Extending a Desktop AI Agent to Your Own Email, Sheets, and CRM

Disclosure: This post is written by the aiFetchly team. Most AI tools for small businesses are SaaS: your emails, documents, and customer data travel to someone else's servers.

  • Desktop AI agents run locally on users' computers
  • Plugins extend AI agents to interact with specific systems like email, spreadsheets, and CRM
  • Each plugin has a minimal manifest defining name, system, actions, and permissions

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