Microsoft has released VS Code 1.123 with a new Research Agent, AI session syncing, Chronicle search, browser upgrades, and ...

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders includes a Skills panel for discovering, managing and creating Agent Skills. Agent Mode can help fill in a generated SKILL.md template, propose implementation steps and ...

Microsoft highlighted Copilot planning, context visibility, diff review updates and MSVC Build Tools v14.51 in its May Visual Studio update.

The Copilot Studio extension lets developers use any VS Code-compatible AI assistant to develop AI agents, then sync with Copilot Studio for testing and iteration. Microsoft is offering a Microsoft ...

Microsoft's latest VS Code update enables Copilot and custom agents to collaborate via the new Agent HQ. It also integrates Agent Sessions into the Chat view. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code ...

Agent HQ provides a single location for managing both local and remote coding agents and introduces a plan agent that breaks down complex tasks into steps before coding. The latest update to the ...

GitHub Copilot offers new features in VS Code. Agent Mode is now available. Project Padawan takes over routine tasks automatically. GitHub has introduced new extensions for its programming tool ...

The agent is doing the actual work, and VS Code is just a window.

Amazon introduced a Nova Act extension to build and test AI agents directly inside integrated development environments including Visual Studio Code, Amazon’s Kiro, and Cursor. The company says the new ...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview update adds AI agent APIs, explorer.exe stability fixes, and haptic feedback, while Copilot gains GPT‑5.5 Thinking and upgraded image generation. Visual Studio ...