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Visual Studio Code backs multi-chat Claude sessions

Multi-chat Claude sessions allow VS Code users to run multiple related conversation threads in one Claude agent session instead of separate top-level sessions.

By Paul Krill

Jul 13, 20262 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

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Visual Studio Code 1.114 streamlines AI chat

Latest weekly update supports previewing videos in the image carousel, adds a Copy Final Response command to the chat context menu, and simplifies Copilot searches of codebases.

By Paul Krill

Apr 6, 2026 3 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code previews chat customizations editor

Model Context Protocol accommodations, subagent capabilities also featured in the latest version of the code editor.

By Paul Krill

Mar 26, 2026 3 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

VS Code now updates weekly

Agents, browser debugging, and deprecation of Edit Mode are all highlighted in the latest versions of the popular code editor.

By Paul Krill

Mar 24, 2026 4 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Microsoft accelerates pace of VS Code development

In future, Microsoft will publish stable releases of Visual Studio Code weekly instead of monthly.

By Maxwell Cooter

Mar 13, 2026 2 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

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

By Paul Krill

Mar 5, 2026 3 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

Extension that converts individual Java files to Kotlin code aims to ease the transition to Kotlin for Java developers.

By Paul Krill

Feb 20, 2026 2 mins

Integrated Development EnvironmentsJavaVisual Studio Code

AWS adds Design-first and Bugfix workflows to Kiro

The new workflows add flexibility to Kiro’s spec-heavy model, but analysts are split on whether the changes will result in increased adoption.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 20, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsIntegrated Development Environments

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel.

By Paul Krill

Feb 5, 2026 3 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code adds agent development extension

The Copilot Studio extension lets developers use any VS Code-compatible AI assistant to develop AI agents, then sync with Copilot Studio for testing and iteration.

By Paul Krill

Jan 16, 2026 2 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate code, optimize code, fix bugs, and create unit tests, right from within your IDE or code editor.

By Joydip Kanjilal

Jan 15, 2026 8 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio

Why ‘boring’ VS Code keeps winning

Developer trust in tools and a reliable ecosystem are a hard combination to beat. Competing tools, like Google’s Antigravity, need to deliver more than innovation.

By Matt Asay

Jan 12, 2026 7 mins

DeveloperGitHubVisual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code adds support for agent skills

An experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that GitHub Copilot can load for specialized tasks.

By Paul Krill

Jan 9, 2026 3 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

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Visual Studio Code backs multi-chat Claude sessions

The IDE is dead, long live the ADE

Visual Studio update rejiggers GitHub Copilot usage tracking

Visual Studio Code improves tools for agents

VS Code stops trusting your code by default

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

GitHub adds new Copilot features as usage-based billing takes effect

Swift for Visual Studio Code comes to Open VSX Registry

Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app

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Visual Studio Code 1.114 streamlines AI chat

Visual Studio Code previews chat customizations editor

VS Code now updates weekly

Microsoft accelerates pace of VS Code development

Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

AWS adds Design-first and Bugfix workflows to Kiro

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code adds agent development extension

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

Why ‘boring’ VS Code keeps winning

Visual Studio Code adds support for agent skills

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