The January 2026 update has arrived.

A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller, ...

XAML Hot Reload for .NET MAUI has been available for Visual Studio for a while now, but now it's finally come to the IDE's open-source-based, cross-platform little cousin, Visual Studio Code. Hot ...

VS Code 1.100 adds support for instructions and prompt files for Copilot Chat and speeds up edits in agent mode and in Next Edit Suggestions. Visual Studio Code 1.100, the latest release of ...

In VS Code chat, AI agents can now ask follow-up questions and generate Mermaid diagrams, and Anthropic Claude models show ...

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple ...