Ghost text suggestions are now open source as part of the Copilot Chat extension - the second milestone in making VS Code an open source AI editor.
Agents took over VS Code in 2025. We released agent mode for VS Code, integration for the Copilot coding agent, and the new GitHub Copilot CLI. But Copilot is not the only agent game in town. There are now more coding agents than ever, including options from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code September 2025 Release (1.105).
Use auto model selection in VS Code to get faster responses, reduced rate limiting, and a 10% discount on premium requests for paid users.
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code August 2025 Release (1.104)
Join a VS Code Dev Days event to learn about GitHub Copilot in VS Code
VS Code's integration with GitHub Copilot Coding Agent allows you to delegate tasks to the agent and let it handle them in the background.
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code June 2025 Release (1.102)
We are open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It’s the first milestone in making VS Code an open source AI editor.
VS Code now supports the complete Model Context Protocol specification, including authorization, prompts, resources, and sampling.
Bring your own tools to VS Code
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code April 2025 Release (1.100)
Agent mode is now available to all users and supports MCP.
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)
Announcing the general availability of custom instructions for VS Code.