Microsoft has aligned VS Code's existing agent-plugin feature with a vendor-neutral format for portable skills and MCP servers.

Moderne, the Agent Tools company for AI-driven software engineering, today announced it has been named a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI-Augmented Code Modernization Tools.

Microsoft's latest weekly VS Code release adds contextual side conversations, element-level web feedback and several smaller editor refinements.