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

Microsoft introduces agent technology to Visual Studio, featuring curated assistants and personalized agent creation tools.

The Container Tools extension makes it easy to build, manage, and deploy containerized applications from Visual Studio Code. It also provides one-click debugging of Node.js, Python, and .NET inside a ...

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Pixel Agents turns your AI coding agents into adorable sprite characters who work for you in an office, allowing you to keep ...

Semgrep is a fast, static analysis tool powered by an open-source engine for finding bugs, detecting vulnerabilities, and enforcing code standards. Semgrep Visual Studio Code extension scans lines ...

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

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