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Open Source AI Editor: Second Milestone
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.
A Unified Experience for all Coding Agents
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.
September 2025 (version 1.105)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code September 2025 Release (1.105).
Introducing auto model selection (preview)
Use auto model selection in VS Code to get faster responses, reduced rate limiting, and a 10% discount on premium requests for paid users.
August 2025 (version 1.104)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code August 2025 Release (1.104)
VS Code Dev Days – Join an event near you to learn about AI-assisted development
Join a VS Code Dev Days event to learn about GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Command GitHub's Coding Agent from 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.
June 2025 (version 1.102)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code June 2025 Release (1.102)
Open Source AI Editor: First Milestone
We are open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It’s the first milestone in making VS Code an open source AI editor.
The Complete MCP Experience: Full Specification Support in VS Code
VS Code now supports the complete Model Context Protocol specification, including authorization, prompts, resources, and sampling.
Beyond the tools, adding MCP in VS Code
Bring your own tools to VS Code
April 2025 (version 1.100)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code April 2025 Release (1.100)
Agent mode: available to all users and supports MCP
Agent mode is now available to all users and supports MCP.
March 2025 (version 1.99)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)
Context is all you need: Better AI results with custom instructions
Announcing the general availability of custom instructions for VS Code.