Visual Studio Code is an advanced editor that supports just about every programming language in use today. That is why Visual Studio Code has more buttons, knobs, and switches than a Martian starship.

Microsoft is introducing new features for LLM use in Visual Studio Code 1.131 and offers the ability to dictate in chat, editor, and terminal without installing an additional extension. Those who ...

VS Code 1.130 moves agent sessions into a dedicated Agent Host process. The Agents window adds compact diffs, file statistics and broader worktree support. Chat timestamps, credit visibility and Git ...

Visual Studio Code 1.130 brings some agent host rearchitecturing and an option to reduce approval interruptions during large agent tasks. Another week has passed us by which means it is time for ...

Visual Studio 2026 v18.8 includes built-in Agent Skills created by Microsoft's .NET and Azure teams. Skills provide reusable, task-specific instructions, workflows and guardrails that Copilot loads ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.129, an update to its free, popular code editor that features a dedicated agent host and an editor panel in the Agents window. The updated editor also ...