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🐾 Meet Blobby, the VS Code Pet!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a name and helped us choose our new coding companion. 💙
Want to code with Blobby by your side? Open GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code and enter: /vscode-pet
🏆 We’ll be reaching out to the contest winners directly with the next steps.
Welcome to VS Code, Blobby! 🐾✨
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Join our VS Code Live on October 8! 🚀
We’ll share the latest updates, features, and demos from VS Code.
🔔 Set your reminder: piped.video/watch?v=Fx05xzrj…
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🗂️ Work across repositories or separate worktrees from one agent session.
Each chat can use its own folder or worktree, with its own terminal, changes, tasks, and pull request.
Enable ⚙️ chat agentHost copilotAgent multiRoot in your user settings.json
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🧠 Let HydraFusion orchestrate multiple models on your coding task.
It can choose the model and workflow for the task, then ask another model to critique and revise the result. Research Preview.
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🤖 Continue the same Copilot agent session across the editor and Agents window.
Select the Copilot harness in the chat input to keep working with the same session in either one.
ALT Screenshot showing the Copilot harness selected in the harness picker.
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🧠 HydraFusion is now available in @code as a Research Preview.
Instead of relying on a single model, HydraFusion orchestrates multiple models and workflows to tackle coding tasks.
Give it a try today! 🚀
aka.ms/VSCode/Hydrafusion
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📣 GPT-6.1 Sol is now generally available in @code with GitHub Copilot.
Give it a try today! 🚀
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
📣 @OpenAIDevs GPT-6.1 Sol is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
You can use it for agentic coding and terminal workflows with strong multistep coding performance. In early testing, it reliably completed tasks while using noticeably fewer tokens and steps than earlier models in the GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 families.
Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, and @code.
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Why did VS Code choose Electron? 🤔
The team wanted a lightweight editor with the rich language support and debugging tools developers need, while keeping the same web technologies across platforms.
🍿 Watch The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
#vscode #storyofvscode #electron
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🎬 How did VS Code make language support easier to build across editors?
Explore the story behind language servers and the common protocol that helped shape the VS Code experience.
🍿 Watch The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
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5 Shortcuts You Need in VS Code ⚡
Want to select text faster in VS Code?
Try these 5 shortcuts for selecting lines, words, matches, and columns.
#vscode #coding #programming #developertips #shortcuts
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🚀 From our VS Code Learn library: Extending Agents! In this E2E tutorial, we'll explore key aspects of AI Agents with Tools, Tool sets, Permissions and Sandboxing. We'll also look at MCP (Model Context Protocol) and how to use it to connect your agents to external data sources. Check it out ▶️ piped.video/SN3JTq3Q9-M
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Accessibility is more than making a product usable.
It’s about helping every developer thrive.
🎬 The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
#vscode #storyofvscode
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⌨️ Keep typing without duplicate closing brackets.
When you type an opening bracket, VS Code uses an existing matching closing bracket when available. Otherwise, it inserts one.
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📄 Spot wrapped lines at a glance.
Word wrap indicators add an arrow at the word wrap column when a line continues on the next visual line.
ALT Screenshot showing word wrap indicators in the editor.
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📊 Fit more agent sessions on screen without losing sight of active work.
Enable Compact View in the Agents Window. Rows expand when a session needs input or approval, and collapsed sessions summarize progress from collapsed chats.
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Visualize Data Structures in VS Code 🤯
If you work with data structures, check out the Debug Visualizer extension for VS Code.
It lets you visualize your data while debugging so you can actually watch algorithms and data structures change as your code runs. In this example, see a linked list grow node by node and watch QuickSort move values into sorted order.
A great tool for learning data structures, understanding algorithms, and debugging complex code.
#VSCode #Programming #Coding #DataStructures #Developer
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🚀 Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in VS Code with GitHub Copilot.
Built for agentic coding, long-running tasks, and knowledge work. Give it a try today!
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
🚀 @AnthropicAI's Claude Opus 5.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
Our early testing shows it stands out in efficiency, delivering task resolution comparable to Claude Opus 5 while using significantly fewer steps and tokens, with fast error recovery on multistep tasks.
Try it out for agentic coding, long-running agentic tasks, and knowledge work. Find it in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, and @code.
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🏃🏽♂️Agent Merge: Keep Your PR Moving in VS Code
Discover Agent Merge (Experimental) in VS Code, a powerful way to keep your pull requests moving after they’re open. Let the agent handle review comments, failed checks, and merge conflicts, apply the necessary fixes, rerun builds and tests, and keep working until your PR is ready to merge.
➡️ aka.ms/Doc/Agent-Merge
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Formatting code is SO much easier with the Prettier extension ✨
#vscodeextensions #prettier
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🤖 Agent-First Development
From our VS Code Learn library, check out this in-depth tutorial. @madebygps demos how to work effectively with AI agents in VS Code, covering agent workflows, governance, debugging, execution environments, and hands-on application development. ▶️ piped.video/K040jc0PQWI
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🎬 What makes VS Code feel fast, even in huge files?
From custom rendering to keeping work off the UI thread, see the engineering decisions that helped make VS Code responsive.
🍿 Watch The Story of VS Code: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
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🔔 See when an agent session needs your attention without switching back to VS Code.
Enable ⚙️ sessions showApplicationBadge to get a badge for new results, input requests, or pull request checks that need attention. (Preview)
ALT Screenshot showing the application icon on the Windows taskbar with a badge indicating one session needs attention.
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🔀 Turn completed agent work into a pull request without leaving the Agents window.
Review the title and description, choose draft status and merge options, then create the PR directly or ask your agent to do it.
ALT Screenshot showing the Create PR form with editable title and description, draft and merge options, and a split button for creating the pull request.
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🧹 Keep finished agent sessions out of the way.
Get a suggestion to mark inactive sessions as done after their pull requests merge, or configure automatic cleanup to mark and later delete them. (Preview)
ALT Screenshot showing a suggestion to mark a session as done after its pull request has merged.
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🔄 Keep your Codex session when you move between apps.
Continue the same session between the ChatGPT app and VS Code, switch between Copilot and ChatGPT subscriptions, and use VS Code tools.
ALT Screenshot showing a Codex session handed off from the ChatGPT app to VS Code and generating an image.
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📦 Keep agent work aligned with your project’s toolchain.
Add a devcontainer.json, enable ⚙️ chat agentHost devContainer enabled, then select Use Dev Container from the folder submenu. Docker is required.
ALT Screenshot showing the Use Dev Container action for a folder in the workspace picker.
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The last 14 months changed how we build software. What happens next might change it again.
🎬 The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
#vscode #storyofvscode
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🤖 Build once, run everywhere
Discover how agent plugins let you share skills, MCP servers, custom agents, and more across projects and teams in VS Code.
🔗 Links:
aka.ms/Agent_Plugins/VSCode
agent-plugins.org/
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Why do developers get so emotionally attached to their editor?
@shanselman, @addyosmani, @wesbos and @rakyll have thoughts.
🎬 The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
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🧳 Bring Your Own AI Models to GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Use your own Azure-hosted AI models with GitHub Copilot in VS Code. See how Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) lets you connect models from Microsoft Foundry, choose which models appear in Copilot, and use the right model for different coding tasks.
aka.ms/byok-vscode
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🐾 The VS Code pet needs a name!
A new coding companion has joined us.
Haven’t met it yet? Open GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code and enter /vscode-pet
💡 Got a name in mind? Submit your idea from September 10 through September 17, 2026
🏆 Winner: 1 month of GitHub Copilot Max
✨ Honorable mentions: VS Code swag
👉 Learn more: aka.ms/vscode-pet
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🐾 Meet the VS Code pet!
Enter /vscode-pet in chat to meet it, then submit your idea for its name from September 10 through September 17.
ALT Screenshot showing the VS Code pet introduction in chat.
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🐙 Review GitHub issues and pull requests without switching to a browser.
Open issue and pull request links directly in the Agents window, even when the repository isn't open.
First, install the GitHub Pull Requests extension. Then enable ⚙️ extensions experimental enableAgentsWindowCapability and githubPullRequests openPullLinks.
ALT Screenshot showing pasted GitHub issue and pull request URLs with context attachments in chat.
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📁 Continue a quick chat in a workspace without starting over.
Attach a local folder to an existing quick chat and keep its title, conversation history, and current request.
The agent continues with access to your project files.
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🎙️ Talk with your agent while it works!
Voice Mode (Experimental) lets you speak with an agent and interrupt or redirect it while it works on your code.
Enable ⚙️ agents voice enabled, then select Voice Mode in the chat input
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⏰ Put recurring agent work on a schedule.
Automations (Preview) can catch you up on changes, triage issues, or find bugs hourly, daily, or weekly.
Enable ⚙️ chat automations enabled, then open Automations in the Agents window.
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🎬 The Story of VS Code is out now!
Go behind the code and discover how VS Code grew from its early beginnings into the platform millions of developers use today.
piped.video/kHL3XzjpT5w?si=O_EL…
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How extensible should an editor be?
@code made an early choice to protect the core while giving extensions room to grow. That choice shaped the ecosystem we have today.
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⌛ MCP Live starts in 10 minutes! Join @liamchampton @pamelafox and experts from Microsoft, GitHub, Anthropic, Okta, Prefect, and Amazon to explore what’s new across the MCP ecosystem 🎬piped.video/live/JQrTcFq51pU
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🔴 MCP Live is tomorrow!
Join us at 9 AM PT with experts from Microsoft, GitHub, Anthropic, Okta, Prefect, and Amazon to explore what’s new across the MCP ecosystem.
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🎬 The Story of VS Code is out now!
From the first prototypes to the future of coding, discover the story behind VS Code. Watch now, and as always, happy coding! 💙
piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
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🌌 GPT-6 Astra is now generally available in @code with GitHub Copilot!
Built for long-horizon, autonomous coding and agentic tasks, GPT-6 Astra can plan, validate, and independently confirm its results as it works.
Give it a try today! 🚀
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
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🌌 GPT-6 Astra from @OpenAIDevs is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
This new model is designed for long-horizon, autonomous coding and agentic tasks.
Our internal testing shows it plans and validates as it goes, batches diagnosis with verification, and independently confirms its results before declaring a task done. That translated into stronger performance on extensive coding jobs with fewer steps than prior OpenAI models.
Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, or @code. 🚀
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
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⚡ Code Faster in VS Code
Emmet is a built-in tool in VS Code that helps you write code faster using short, simple shortcuts. Try it out!
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🍿 The Story of VS Code premieres today!
🔔 Join us for the world premiere at 8:00 AM PT: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
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VS Code is officially on Instagram!
Follow us for VS Code tips, features, demos, and more: instagram.com/vscode.ig
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🎬 Go behind the story of VS Code, from its early beginnings to the editor millions of developers use today.
Join The Story of VS Code world premiere on September 4 at 8:00 AM PT: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
piped.video/C0JzpWmu-j0?si=JeBA…
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🎨 Want to personalize the Agents window?
Chat backgrounds are now available experimentally. Add a Codicons pattern or an image from your machine, with separate backgrounds for light and dark themes.
Right-click the Agents window background to choose a background.
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🌳 Navigating multi-chat sessions?
See chats organized under their parent session, with a title, status, and pending approvals for each chat.
Open, rename, or delete chats directly from the tree.
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🤖 Claude Fable 5.1 is now generally available in @code with GitHub Copilot.
Give it a try today!
ALT Screenshot of the GitHub Copilot chat window in VS Code with dark mode enabled. The text prompt reads "Chat with Copilot" and the selected model is set to "Claude Fable 5.1" (High 1M) with "Agent" mode active. A small, blue pixel-art mascot sits on top of the chat box.
Claude Fable 5.1, the latest in @AnthropicAI's Mythos model class, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
In our testing it showed strong performance on
➡️ long-running coding tasks
➡️ deep codebase research
➡️ complex agentic workflows
Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI or @code.
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
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⚡ Navigate VS Code like a pro using the Command Palette!
Quickly open recent files, jump to symbols in your current file, group symbols by type, and even search for symbols across your entire workspace—all without digging through menus.
Happy navigating! 🚀
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The Story of VS Code | Official Trailer
🎥 Watch The Story of VS Code on Friday, September 4th at 8am PT.
👉🏽 subscribe to the VS Code YouTube channel to be notified as soon as the documentary drops: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
#vscode #storyofvscode
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🚀 Join us for MCP Live on September 9!
Hear from experts across the MCP ecosystem and explore what’s new with MCP.
Register today: aka.ms/MCPLive/99/x
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Go from idea to agent-ready in our latest series from VS Code Learn: Java with @rorypreddy
👉🏽 aka.ms/VSCode/Learn-Java
Build a Java Spring Boot application with GitHub Copilot in VS Code, debug it, transform its features into MCP tools, and put everything to the test with Playwright—all through practical, real-world AI-assisted development!
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🏃🏽♀️Stay in the flow and create files on the go!
#vscode #vscodetips
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🔎 Change Font Size Without Zooming VS Code UI
Want to make your code or terminal text bigger in VS Code without zooming the entire UI?
In this quick tip, learn how to use keyboard shortcuts to increase or decrease the editor font size and terminal font size independently—without affecting the rest of the VS Code interface.
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📌 Keep track of the prompt while reviewing a long response.
Sticky scroll keeps the current prompt visible as the response scrolls, making it easier to see which prompt the response belongs to.
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📄 The Agents window now has a cleaner session layout.
The session header puts the active session front and center, with actions grouped into an overflow menu. Quick links above the chat input make it easy to open related changes, pull requests, issues, browsers, and artifacts.
ALT Screenshot showing session and chat actions grouped in the simplified Agents session header.
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📄 Chat, diffs, and session details now come together in the Agents window.
The single-pane layout keeps the conversation next to the work. Diffs appear side by side when space permits and switch to inline when the pane gets narrower.
ALT Screenshot showing the simplified action bar for the Changes editor in the single-pane layout.
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Find and Fix Failing Tests Faster in VS Code
Got a failing test in CI? See how VS Code’s Test Explorer makes it easy to filter your tests, find the failure, debug the issue, view test results, and rerun the test—all without leaving VS Code.
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VS Code Is Now on Instagram! 🎉
👉🏽 Find us on Instagram at instagram.com/vscode.ig
VS Code is officially on Instagram! Follow us for tips, tricks, new features, and more from the VS Code community.
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📌 Show, Hide, & Pin Any Model
Easily manage models from GitHub Copilot, local models, and bring your own key with a single click!
👉🏽 aka.ms/Manage-Models
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🤖 Debug Your Scripts in VS Code with GitHub Copilot
Tired of remembering all the syntax for a launch.json file?
In this quick tip, learn how to use GitHub Copilot to analyze your package.json, generate the right debug configurations, and launch your scripts directly with the built-in VS Code debugger.
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📢 GPT-5.6 Sol has a new lower price + 50% until Sept 3rd!
ALT Graphic announcing lower GPT-5.6 Sol pricing and a 50% discount through Sept. 3, with a table showing updated token, cache read, and cache write credit costs for default and long-context usage.
📣 GPT-5.6 Sol is 50% cheaper through September 3.
☀️ A high reasoning ceiling for complex codebases and demanding, long-running agentic work.
Give it a try in @code today!
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📣 GPT-5.6 Sol is 50% cheaper through September 3.
☀️ A high reasoning ceiling for complex codebases and demanding, long-running agentic work.
Give it a try in @code today!
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🚀 Discover Agent Host in @code and see how your agent sessions persist across projects and run across multiple environments.
From VS Code to the web and across machines, your sessions stay in sync wherever you work.
🧵 Check out the resources below 👇
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👀 Outline View
Navigate your code faster with the Outline view in VS Code. It gives you a quick overview of the symbols in your file, making it easy to jump to classes, functions, variables, and more—without endlessly scrolling through your code.
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📄 Working with files in the Agents window?
Navigate files with file breadcrumbs in the editor header when using the single-pane layout.
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🌐 Prefer to preview HTML instead of editing it?
Open local HTML files in the integrated browser by default. Configure this with workbench editor associations or from the editor header.
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📌 Long agent session? See where your prompts are in the conversation.
Use the prompt timeline in the Agents window to revisit earlier prompts and review their file changes.
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🔍 Looking for something from earlier in a conversation?
Prompts that changed files also show the number of lines added and removed, with the option to review those changes directly.
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🤖 Keep multiple chats visible at the same time.
Open chats side by side to compare results or follow your agent’s work. Drag chats and subagent chats into groups, and VS Code restores your layout when you return to the session.
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🚀 The latest @code release makes it easier to work across multiple chats, navigate long conversations, and preview local HTML files.
🧵Here’s what’s new:
ALT Visual Studio Code release announcement graphic featuring the blue VS Code logo centered on a dark, textured background. Below the logo, large white text reads “VS Code v1.134,” with smaller text underneath that says “New release.” The design uses a minimalist, high-contrast layout with Microsoft branding colors.
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💪🏽 Control your Android & iOS apps directly in VS Code with Mobile Canvas extension!
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🚀 1 Click for GitHub MCP in VS Code
You don't have to install an extension or mess with your mcp.json files to have GitHub Copilot in VS Code use the GitHub MCP server - learn that one weird trick on how to do it.
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🙌🏽 Side chats with /btw
Ask questions without interrupting your workflow in the VS Code Agents window.
With /btw, you can open a side chat that shares the context of your primary chat—perfect for quick questions without disrupting your current task.
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🎙️ Dictate in Multiple Languages in #VSCode
Dictation can detect your language and turn your speech into text using a local model. You can use it in Chat, the editor, and the integrated terminal.
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📌 Don't lose track of which prompt a chat response belongs to with sticky scroll.
The current prompt stays pinned at the top as you scroll, making it clear which response it belongs to.
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🌐 Local HTML previews now reload automatically when the file changes on disk.
Toggle auto-reload per tab or set it as the default.
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🔓 Experimental: Use Claude in the Agents window without signing in to GitHub.
Enable the setting to skip the sign-in prompt.
ALT Screenshot showing the Agents window opened while signed out of GitHub, with a notification that reads "We've discovered your existing Claude configuration" and a Sign in to GitHub button.
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🤖 Switch between Claude BYOK and Copilot models from one turn to the next in the same Claude session.
The model picker lets you choose the model for your next turn from both providers.
ALT Screenshot showing the model picker in a Claude session, with models grouped under an Anthropic heading and a Copilot heading
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🚀 The latest @code release brings more flexibility to Claude sessions and auto-reload for local HTML previews.
🧵 Here's what's new:
ALT Visual Studio Code release announcement graphic featuring the blue VS Code logo centered on a dark, textured background. Below the logo, large white text reads “VS Code v1.133,” with smaller text underneath that says “New release.” The design uses a minimalist, high-contrast layout with Microsoft branding colors.
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🚀 MCP Live is coming in hot — Join us for a free half-day livestream covering all things MCP.
September 9th, from 9AM to 1PM PT.
We'll hear from the teams at Microsoft that are implementing MCP, from core MCP maintainers, and the global community of MCP developers.
Whether you're building AI applications, developing tools, or planning enterprise deployments, this event will help you understand MCP from concept to implementation.
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