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The VS Code team
May 19, 2025
VS Code: Open Source AI Editor
We will open source the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It’s the next step towards making VS Code an open source AI editor.
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Harald Kirschner
May 14, 2025
Beyond the tools, adding MCP in VS Code
Bring your own tools to VS Code's agent mode with MCP.
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Visual Studio Code Team
May 8, 2025
April 2025 (version 1.100)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code April 2025 Release (1.100)
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Isidor Nikolic
April 7, 2025
Agent mode: available to all users and supports MCP
Agent mode is now available to all users and supports MCP.
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Visual Studio Code Team
April 3, 2025
March 2025 (version 1.99)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)
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Rob Conery, Harald Kirschner
March 26, 2025
Context is all you need: Better AI results with custom instructions
Announcing the general availability of custom instructions for VS Code.
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Visual Studio Code Team
March 5, 2025
February 2025 (version 1.98)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code February 2025 Release (1.98)
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Isidor Nikolic
February 24, 2025
Introducing GitHub Copilot agent mode (preview)
Announcing the GitHub Copilot agent mode in Visual Studio Code.
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Brigit Murtaugh, Burke Holland
February 12, 2025
Copilot Next Edit Suggestions (preview)
Announcing the Next Edit Suggestions and Agent Mode for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.
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