🚀 Microsoft Build is almost here, June 2-3, in San Francisco & online! The @code team is sharing insights on agents, Copilot, MCP, and how we build and ship VS Code every week. 🧶 Here's the lineup:

Want to see what happens behind each prompt? 🔍 Agent Debug Logs lets you inspect chat interactions, tool calls, model requests, prompt discovery, agent flows, and more. code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...

Enterprises can now control chat and related AI feature activation in VS Code with the ⚙️ ChatApprovedAccountOrganizations policy. This policy helps organizations enforce approved GitHub account access across chat entry points.

🚀 Better prompts. Smarter agents. More control. The latest @code release introduces the Chat Customizations Evaluation extension, designed to help analyze and refine your prompts, agents, instructions, and skills.

Install Agent Plugins in VS Code to add skills, commands, MCP servers, hooks, and more ⚡

⭐ Ready to shape AI around your workflow in VS Code? We just dropped new VS Code Learn content with our Customizations course, focused on helping you tailor AI in VS Code using custom agents, instructions, skills, prompt files, and hooks. Start the learning path with Ep 1: aka.ms/customizatio...

The fastest way to copy/paste in VS Code ⚡ Plus a multi-line editing trick every developer should know. 👇

Add a little fun to your coding sessions 🐶🐱 This extension lets you keep a virtual pet right inside VS Code.

We just launched the VS Code Newsletter on LinkedIn! 💙 Explore the latest VS Code features, tips, and workflows. 👉 Subscribe: aka.ms/VSCode/News

Big update for AI workflows in VS Code. Bring your own language model/API key is now available in GitHub Copilot. More flexibility. More control. More experimentation. 👇 aka.ms/BYOK-Business

A quick VS Code tip you may not know: you can select bracket and string content with a simple double-click 🖱️

New VS Code release today 🚀 We're enhancing the agent experience with debug logs for past sessions, terminal interaction tools, built-in GitHub Copilot, and more!

Use voice-to-text when prompting in VS Code 🎤 marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...

🌐 The integrated browser in VS Code now has pinch-to-zoom and zoom shortcuts on macOS, better agent tool descriptions, and more updates. Learn more → aka.ms/VSCode/115

Your VS Code just got a fresh look! 🎨 The new default themes, VS Code Light and VS Code Dark, bring a modern, refined design while keeping the familiar usability you love. ⭐ Bonus: these themes automatically match your OS light/dark mode.

VS Code March Release included several improvements to the editor experience. Check out our latest video for demos of Autopilot (Preview), Integrated Browser Debugging, Chat Customization (Preview), and Configurable Thinking Effort in the Model Picker ▶️ youtu.be/bZJAxvGmRO8

We've been shipping a lot with our VS Code weekly releases! 🚀 Here's a roundup of some of the highlights from the past month: 🤖 Autopilot 🌐 Integrated browser debugging 🎨 Refreshed themes … and much more! See what's new in our changelog: aka.ms/VSCode/Chang... Happy coding! 💙

⭐ Ready to build your first app using agent-first development in VS Code? We just dropped new VS Code Learn content with our first guided video series, focused on the foundations of agent-first development directly in VS Code. Start the learning path here: aka.ms/VSCode/Learn

@code introduces message steering and queuing. You can now send follow-up messages while an agent request is still running.

The boys are back! Burke, James and Pierce are live in 10 minutes with a walkthrough of the latest enhancements to VS Code's Agent Host Protocol! This one is perfect for developers building agent-powered VS Code extensions and automation workflows. ➡️ youtube.com/live/XjkuVPy...

This is no April Fools’ joke… we just hit 1M subscribers on YouTube 🎉 Thank you to our amazing community for building, learning, and growing with us. This milestone is yours, happy coding! 💙

On Wednesdays, we ship! 🚀 This week’s VS Code highlights include the new Customization window: a central place to manage all chat customizations.

Weekly VS Code releases mean even more features to catch up on - our monthly recap livestreams are your chance to catch some of the highlights and hear directly from the product team! Going live in 1 hour: youtube.com/live/3bj8Gs-...

🚀 A new VS Code weekly release is here! One of our favorite features is integrated browser debugging, which lets you debug your web app end-to-end without leaving the editor.

🧠 Want to give your coding agent new capabilities? Use Agent Skills in VS Code! Agent skills let you package instructions and resources into reusable capabilities for your agent. Skills can be loaded on demand and triggered via slash commands like /skill-name. aka.ms/VSCode/Agent...

🌐 Agentic Browser Tools (Experimental) in VS Code! Agents can now open pages, read content, click elements, and verify changes directly in the integrated browser while building your web app. Enable ⚙️ workbench.browser.enableChatTools to try it out. Learn mode: aka.ms/VSCode/Agent...

The VS Code team builds with VS Code - this is a fundamental principle of how the team works, and it extends to AI capabilities too. Learn more about how the team builds with AI, including how these processes have helped the team move from monthly to weekly releases: aka.ms/VSCode/Build...

There are 10 types of people who'll love this week's VS Code release: those who read the version as one-point-one-hundred-eleven, and those who think we just shipped 1.7. code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_111

What does real AI-assisted development look like? In this episode of Software Engineering Radio, Scott Hanselman dives into agents, prompts, and why developers still need strong fundamentals. 🎧 Listen: se-radio.net/2026/03/se-r...

Join James Montemagno and Kayla Cinnamon as they spice up your VS Code workflow with the latest GitHub Copilot AI features. From agent mode to custom instructions, we're turning up the heat on developer productivity. Tune in at 8 am PT! youtube.com/live/kLPihq6...

Our VS Code YouTube is almost at 1M subscribers! Built something fun so you can watch it happen 👀 code.visualstudio.com/1m

🤖 Try Autopilot (Preview) in VS Code! With Autopilot enabled, the agent stays in control of the workflow. It can run tools, retry on errors, and continue working until the task is complete. Learn more: aka.ms/VSCode/Autop...

Have you tried forking chat sessions in VS Code? Create a new independent session that keeps the conversation history so you can explore alternative approaches without losing your original context. Watch the video to see how it works. aka.ms/ForkingChat

Agent Hooks in VS Code let you enforce policies, run checks, and guide Copilot at key moments during a session. Instead of repeating prompts, you can program how agents behave in your workflow. Learn how hooks work and when to use them. aka.ms/Hooks

The @figma.com MCP server now supports a full roundtrip workflow from VS Code! Bring Figma designs into code, then capture your rendered UI back to the Figma canvas as editable frames. Join us for a special livestream tomorrow at 9:30 am PT to see it live in action: youtube.com/live/O1i-Te7...

🔥 We're cooking in 60 minutes. Join @JamesMontemagno @BurkeHolland @PierceBoggan as they live code using the latest in VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI plus some cool new stuff Burke's been building 🔮 youtube.com/live/QZxZgHt...

🤖 GitHub Copilot Dev Days is coming! From March 15 to May 15, developer communities worldwide will host free, hands-on events exploring GitHub Copilot with @code, the CLI, .NET, Java, Python, JavaScript, and more. 👉 Find an event near you: aka.ms/githubcopilo...

Agents, for real work. The latest VS Code release gives you better agent orchestration, extensibility, and continuity. Here's what's new: 🪝 Hooks support 🎯 Message steering and queueing 🌐 Agentic integrated browser 🧠 Shared memory And more... 🔎 Full release notes: aka.ms/VSCode/110

⏳ We're live in 60 minutes. Today we're debugging Dockerfiles in VS Code. Join us as we demo a Dockerfile build using the Debug Adapter Protocol in VS Code ▶️ youtube.com/live/G6Nmc4X...

Now Shipping: Microsoft Build Two days of real code, real systems, and real workflows for developers building and scaling AI. June 2–3, 2026 / San Francisco Registration is now open: msft.it/63324QemVQ

Looking for a weekend project? Create an app using GitHub Copilot and submit it as part of the Creative Apps track for Agents League! Some prizes: 🏆 $500 for the winner 🎖️ Digital badge for every submission ⭐ GitHub Copilot Pro for community picks Deadline: March 1 👉 aka.ms/agentsleague

We're letting it cook friends! James Montemagno is coming in hot from holiday and will be joined by Burke Holland and Pierce Boggan. They'll dive headfirst into the latest in VS Code and GitHub Copilot. You don't want to miss this. Join us in one hour at 8 am PT youtube.com/live/uquSQY1...

Next edit suggestions just leveled-up in VS Code: with long-distance NES, you get edit suggestions anywhere in your file, not just near your cursor's position. Learn how the team built this - creating the training dataset, refining the UX, evaluating success, and more: aka.ms/VSCode/long-...

We hosted Agent Sessions Day yesterday - 4 hours of live demos showing how VS Code is evolving as the home for multi-agent devleopment. Miss any sessions? Want to rewatch your favorite moments? We have the entire event uploaded on-demand now! aka.ms/VSCode/Agent...

In just one hour... we're kicking off Agent Sessions Day! See how VS Code is evolving into the home for multi-agent development. Be there: aka.ms/VSCode/Feb19

Agent Sessions Day is TOMORROW! An event dedicated to multi-agent development in VS Code - with live coding, insights from the product team, and some surprises ✨ 🔔 Set notifications on YouTube: youtube.com/live/tAezuMS...

In 2 days: Agent Sessions Day! Live demos from the team around all things VS Code and multi-agent development. Don't miss out. 🔔 Set notifications on YouTube: youtube.com/live/tAezuMS...

#AgentsLeague kicks off next week! Join the Creative Apps track to show off what you can build with GitHub Copilot. Watch the livestreams, build your project, and submit via GitHub for a chance to win prizes! 🥳 👉 aka.ms/AgentsLeague

On Feb 19th, we're hosting an event dedicated to how VS Code is evolving into the home for multi-agent development! See live demos on topics like agent orchestration, shipping models, Copilot CLI, and so much more. 🔔 Set a reminder: youtube.com/live/tAezuMS...

We're going live in one hour! Join Reynald Adolphe and @gamussa.dev as they explore the Confluent extension for VS Code. They'll demo how the extension addresses some common challenges faced by developers using #ApacheKafka. ⏲️ Set a timer and join us at 8 am PT 👉 youtube.com/live/KRBqLjR...