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

The next major release, .NET 11, should arrive in November 2026, and the project recently unveiled its first public preview. Like earlier first looks, it’s nowhere near feature complete, with several ...

Microsoft introduces agent technology to Visual Studio, featuring curated assistants and personalized agent creation tools.

OpenAI has launched its Codex app on Windows, bringing a native AI coding assistant with project management, automations, and WSL support for developers.

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VS Code's AI Toolkit and Microsoft Foundry can speed up agent development, but real-world success often depends on picking the right runtime and region, keeping tool-driven context under control, and ...