Latest VS Code release improves AI agent integration with backing for Model Context Protocol server prompts, resources, sampling, and authorization. Visual Studio Code 1.101, aka the May 2025 version ...

VS Code's AI Toolkit Agent Builder can wire an agent to external tools via MCP, even for non-coding editorial workflows. Early friction points included circular UX flows, model availability mismatches ...

MCP (Model Context Protocol) provides a universal standard for connecting LLMs to external data sources and tools, eliminating the need to manually copy-paste context into a chat session and enabling ...

Visual Studio now fully supports MCP servers, enabling developers to quickly connect their AI agents to external tools, services, and data sources. If you're a developer who has built AI workflows, ...

Some of the big updates in this update pertain to accessibility. If you’re a screen reader user, Microsoft has made the editor and terminal more compatible with readers. Additionally, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment is now available to all users. Developers can use it to build and manage ...

Unsafe defaults in MCP configs open servers to possible remote code execution, as evidenced by several commercial services and open-source projects. AI agent building tools enable users to configure ...

Build 2026 runs from June 2-3 in San Francisco. Here's what Microsoft is expected to announce for GitHub Copilot, Azure AI ...