Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On: VS 2026 Insiders Adds Guided Skill Building in Agent Mode

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 ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code improves tools for agents

VS Code 1.127 enhances agent session management, introduces per-site browser permissions, and makes browser tools for agents ...
Windows Report

Visual Studio Code Adds AI Chat Cost Tracking and Multi-Chat Copilot Sessions

Visual Studio Code 1.126 adds AI chat cost tracking, multiple Copilot chats in one session, and a safer Restricted Mode for ...
InfoQ

MSSQL Extension for VS Code 1.34.0 Deepens Copilot Agent Mode, Adds Colour‑Coded Connections

The Azure SQL team has released version 1.34.0 of the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, a cross‑platform tool for developing against SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric.
InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...
Neowin

Visual Studio April update adds autonomous cloud agents and a new debugger agent

Microsoft has just released the April update for Visual Studio 2026 with a focus on cloud agent integration. Cloud agents run on remote infrastructure, enabling scalable, isolated execution, and now ...