New to Roo Code, looking for tips: agent files, MCP tools, etc

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 3/29/2026

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A user shares that they have a working local setup with Qwen 3.5 35B and uses Roo Code in VSCode for agentic coding, often switching to Copilot/Claude when needed.
They ask the community for best practices in Roo Code beyond the default configuration, including agent files, MCP tool additions, system prompt changes, skills, and plugins.
The post emphasizes bridging workflows between Roo Code and Claude’s capabilities (notably via GitHub Copilot integration) for personal Python and web development projects.
The user states they are new to locally hosted agent workflows and is seeking practical guidance to improve the agent’s capacity and efficiency.

Hi folks, I've gotten a good workflow running with qwen 3.5 35B on my local setup (managing 192k context with 600 p/p and 35 t/s on an 8GB 4070 mobile GPU!), and have found Roo Code to suit me best for agentic coding (it's my fav integration with VSCode for quick swapping to Copilot/Claude when needed).

I know Roo is popular on this sub, and I'd like to hear what best practices/tips you might have for additional MCP tools, agent files, changes to system prompts, skills, etc. in Roo? Right now my Roo setup is 'stock', and I'm sure I'm missing out on useful skills and plugins that would improve the capacity and efficiency of the agent. I'm relatively new to local hosting agents so would appreciate any tips.

My use case is that I'm primarily working in personal python and web projects (html/CSS), and had gotten really used to the functionality of Claude in github copilot, so anything that bridges the tools or Roo and Claude are of particular interest.

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