Bulut ajanları (cloud agents) vs Yerel terminal ajanları (local agents) Comparison

// Cloud agent — GitHub Copilot cloud agent environment setup
// This workflow file, added to the repo, defines which dependencies
// the ephemeral (GitHub Actions–backed) cloud environment boots with.
// File path: .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
name: "Copilot Setup Steps"

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    paths:
      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml

jobs:
  # The job name MUST be "copilot-setup-steps" —
  # this job runs automatically when the cloud agent environment boots.
  copilot-setup-steps:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v6

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v7
        with:
          node-version: "22"
          cache: "npm"

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Warm build cache
        run: npm run build --if-present

# Local terminal agent — working on a single machine with Aider
# Install is one command, the environment is your machine; you have
# direct access to your internal network/localhost, no secrets/code leave.

# 1) Install
python -m pip install aider-install
aider-install

# 2) Persistent config at project root (.aider.conf.yml)
cat > .aider.conf.yml <<'CONF'
model: sonnet          # aider's built-in alias (docs/config/model-aliases)
auto-commits: true
dark-mode: true
test-cmd: npm test
lint-cmd: npm run lint
CONF

# 3) Run in the terminal against specific files
# (synchronous, single session — every diff shows up instantly on screen)
aider src/api/auth.ts src/api/session.ts \
  --message "Add rate limiting to refresh token rotation, update the tests"

# 4) Direct access to a localhost service on the internal network
# (no extra tunnel/allowlist needed — the agent runs in your own shell)
pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432 && aider --message "Add the DB health check to CI"