Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP ...

See the VS Code Tips wiki for a quick primer on getting started with VS Code. Setting up the JDK The extension requires JDK 17 or newer to run. Optionally, set a different JDK to compile and run ...

GPT-5.3-Codex moved to No. 1 in Quality on the Microsoft Foundry AI Model Leaderboard soon after release, while a cross-metric 'podium' scoring method put GPT-5-Nano on top overall for efficiency.

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.