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A thumbnail with a dark background and the VS Code logo that reads "What's new in Visual Studio Code September Update 1.105. Native auth experience on macOS, OS notifications for long-running tasks and chat responses, improved code edits for custom models, fully-qualified tool names in prompt files and chat modes, add context from nested AGENTS.md files, resolve merge conflicts with AI, install servers from MCP marketplace, autostart new and updated MCP servers, pick up recent chat conversations, and extension-contributed prompts and instructions."

🚀 The VS Code September release (v1.105) is here! Check out what's new:

🛠️ GitHub MCP registry integration
🔀 Resolve merge conflicts with AI
🔔 OS notifications for tasks & chat responses
🧠 Chain of thought with GPT-5-Codex

…and more: aka.ms/VSCodeRelease

🧵 Here are the highlights...

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Ever wondered what the latest AI features in VS Code can do for you? 🤔

Join James Montemagno as he walks through highlights like Claude Sonnet 4.5 & GPT-5, Plan Mode & Chain of Thought, Copilot Coding Agent, and AI Merge Conflict Resolution.

📺 Watch the full video: youtu.be/EGZKvuB5jWw

Set up a context engineering flow in VS Code Learn how to implement context engineering using VS Code's built-in AI features.

Tired of being AI's personal tutor?

📖 New @vscode.dev guide: teach your AI once, benefit forever. Context engineering = no more "remember my project uses React not Vue" every single chat.

Set it, forget it, ship it 🚀

code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...

#AI #ContextEngineering

The new VS Code release dropped yesterday - check out our latest video from James Montemagno telling you exactly what you need to know! youtu.be/9qAkd2mGYCo

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🚀 v1.104 of VS Code is here! Check out what's new:

🤖 Improved coding agent integration
📄 AGENTS.md file support for better context
🔍 New Auto mode (Preview) for smart model selection
🔑 Model flexibility via BYOK extension API

…and more: aka.ms/VSCodeRelease

Here are the highlights 🧵

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We're so excited to bring you VS Code Dev Days - a global community initiative to explore the AI capabilities within VS Code!

With more than 60 worldwide, in-person events and 4 special virtual editions, there's an event for you. Learn more: aka.ms/VSCode/DevDa...

Iteration Plan for August & Re-writing Terminal Tools What features are coming to VS Code in the next update? The August iteration plan is completely done in the open. How does it work, how you look at it, and how to you get involved? We also sit down…

It's Monday, which means a new episode of the VS Code Insiders Podcast just dropped!

This week, learn about August's iteration plan and hear firsthand from engineer Daniel Imms how the terminal tools have been re-written: www.vscodepodcast.com/2

GitHub - github/awesome-copilot: Community-contributed instructions, prompts, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. Community-contributed instructions, prompts, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. - github/awesome-copilot

I did an overhaul of the Awesome Copilot README to make it easier to install the prompts, instructions, and chat modes to VS Code - there are nice big buttons to click! github.com/github/aweso...

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v1.103 of VS Code is here! Check out what's new:

🚀 GPT-5 rolling out to VS Code today
🛠️ Enable more than 128 MCP tools with virtual tools
✅ Chat checkpoints
🌳 Git worktree support

…and much more: aka.ms/VSCodeRelease

Here are some of the highlights 🧵

GPT-5 is rolling out to VS Code today!

Starting today, GPT-5 is rolling out to all paid GitHub Copilot plans. GPT-5 is OpenAI's most capable model yet, bringing new advances in reasoning, coding, and chat.

Learn more about the GPT-5 model availability: github.blog/changelog/20...

We are beginning rollout of the Python Environments Extension! Anyone can install and enable the extension and its a game changer so give it a try and send in your feedback! (see these extra enablement details if you are on VS Code insiders: github.com/microsoft/vs...)

MCP for Beginners course with 10 hands-on labs, available in 40+ languages! 🌍
🎓 Learn MCP fundamentals with practical examples in .NET, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Python using VS Code.

🔗 Get started now: aka.ms/mcp-for-begi...

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.

The full MCP experience is now in VS Code! 🚀

From secure auth to prompts, resources, and sampling, MCP is now a complete foundation for building AI agents.

Read the full post:

Join us for VS Code Live: Extending Agent Mode, a livestream showing how to unlock the full potential of agent mode using MCP servers and extension tools. We... 🔴 VS Code Live: Extending Agent Mode

📢 This week we're extending agent mode on the VS Code Livestream! Join Olivia Guzzardo and friends for demos showcasing how to unlock the full potential of agent mode using MCP servers and extension tools. Thursday, June 12, 8 am Pacific ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=T44T... #vscode #agentmode #mcp

Announcing a new IDE for PostgreSQL in VS Code from Microsoft | Microsoft Community Hub We are excited to announce the public preview of the brand-new PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), designed to simplify PostgreSQL...

New #PostgreSQL IDE in #VSCode dropped last week—& it's 🔥. It topped Postgres Weekly, hit #1 on Hacker News, & already has 60K installs

Oh & it's not Azure-specific—& works with any Postgres. I'm so glad this FINALLY exists 💥

👀 Read the blog post: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

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Remote development in VS Code enables you to develop almost anything, from anywhere. Combine that with integrated AI features, and you have an incredibly flexible and powerful dev environment.

Learn more about how AI features in remote development "just work": code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/0...

YouTube video by Syntax Fork Yeah! Microsoft open sourcing Copilot

Absolutely massive news. Microsoft just open sourced Copilot! Check out our exclusive interview with Erich Gamma, creator of VS Code, and Kai Maetzel, Copilot Lead to get all of the details!

youtu.be/GMmaYUcdMyU

YouTube video by Syntax Fork Yeah! Microsoft open sourcing Copilot

Syntax sat down with the amazing Erich Gamma, creator of VS Code, and Kai Maetzel, Copilot Lead to discuss the details of VSCode open sourcing the AI features.

youtu.be/GMmaYUcdMyU

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Today, we're announcing plans to make VS Code an open source AI editor.

We believe AI development should stay true to VS Code's core principles: open, collaborative, and community-driven. Let's build the future of software development together.

aka.ms/open-source-...

Join James & Burke on a journey through the three modes of GitHub Copilot in VS Code. When should you use ask, edit, or agent mode. What are they best at, wh... Ask, Edit, & Agent - In-depth Overview of GitHub Copilot Chat Modes

📢 📢 @burkeholland.bsky.social and @james.montemagno.com break down the three AI modes in @code — Ask, Edit, and Agent — and show how (and when) to use each.

💬 Tips, demos, and a side quest into the world of MCPs. No buzzwords were harmed in the making of this video.

▶️ youtu.be/s7Qzq0ejhjg

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Join us for VS Code Live: Agent Mode Day on April 16th! aka.ms/VSCodeLiveAg...

With live demos on agent mode, MCP servers, Bring Your Own Key, and more, you don't want to miss this.

Context is all you need: Better AI results with custom instructions Announcing the general availability of custom instructions for VS Code.

Smaller prompts, better results.

Read about how custom instructions can drastically improve your results with GitHub Copilot in our blog:

Introducing the next evolution of completions in GitHub Copilot: Next Edit Suggestions (preview).

Learn more: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/02/12/next-edit-suggestions

GitHub Copilot Agent Mode.

GitHub Copilot just got an upgrade 🤖

Agent mode is now available in preview and Copilot Edits is generally available, both in @vscode.dev. Plus you can check out a sneak peek at our SWE agent 👀 github.blog/news-insight...

What’s new in Visual Studio Code - January Update [1.97]. Highlights include: Copilot Next Edit Suggestions (preview), Reposition Command Palette, Auto-accept Copilot edits, Search values in debug variables, Python no-config debugging, Extension publisher trust, Combine output logs in a single view, Rich Git blame information, SVG image preview, and View inline values in notebooks.

Version 1.97 of VS Code is out now with Copilot Next Edit Suggestions, Python no-config debugging, SVG image preview, and more!

Full release notes: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_97

Here are some of the highlights… 🧵

Another experimental feature in Python Environments extension. Activate/De-activate environment button for terminals. Set `python-envs.terminal.showActivateButton` to try it out.

In the latest pre-release of the Python Environments extension, you can select the library you want to install and click the edit button to set version constraints. You can do this with multiple libraries and include libs not in the list.

Want to work with the coolest team around? VS Code is hiring product designers👇

Senior Product Designer: https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1798667/Senior-Product-Designer

Product Designer II: https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1798665/Product-Designer-II

🤏🔄 @lszomoru.bsky.social prototyped Quick Input drag & drop last month and now we've got it in @vscode.dev Insiders!

Let me know what you think!

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