Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks.

The new release allows using experimental agent plug-ins and the new Agent Debug Panel offers detailed insights into chat ...

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions.

In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.

Of all the programming-related announcements at Build 2024, this is the one that could have the most impact on mainstream users. Microsoft is adding the ability to extend Copilot. Developers using ...

“首先，我们正在构建未来的工程师：一个比任何单个工程师效率高出一个数量级的人机交互程序员。这种混合工程师将毫不费力地控制他们的代码库，并且不会出现低熵击键。他们将以自己的判断速度进行迭代，即使在最复杂的系统中也是如此。通过结合人工智能和人类的智慧，他们将比最好的纯人工智能系统更聪明、更精通设计。

AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market The Open VSX registry, used for installing extensions in editors compatible with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), will ...