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.

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 ...

The agent host runs Copilot, Claude and Codex sessions in a dedicated process. An experimental editor panel places files and diffs beside the agent conversation. Other additions cover session tools, ...

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 ...