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5 Shortcuts You Need in VS Code ⚡
Want to select text faster in VS Code?
Try these 5 shortcuts for selecting lines, words, matches, and columns.
#vscode #coding #programming #developertips #shortcuts
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🚀 From our VS Code Learn library: Extending Agents! In this E2E tutorial, we'll explore key aspects of AI Agents with Tools, Tool sets, Permissions and Sandboxing. We'll also look at MCP (Model Context Protocol) and how to use it to connect your agents to external data sources. Check it out ▶️ piped.video/SN3JTq3Q9-M
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Accessibility is more than making a product usable.
It’s about helping every developer thrive.
🎬 The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
#vscode #storyofvscode
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⌨️ Keep typing without duplicate closing brackets.
When you type an opening bracket, VS Code uses an existing matching closing bracket when available. Otherwise, it inserts one.
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📄 Spot wrapped lines at a glance.
Word wrap indicators add an arrow at the word wrap column when a line continues on the next visual line.
ALT Screenshot showing word wrap indicators in the editor.
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📊 Fit more agent sessions on screen without losing sight of active work.
Enable Compact View in the Agents Window. Rows expand when a session needs input or approval, and collapsed sessions summarize progress from collapsed chats.
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Visualize Data Structures in VS Code 🤯
If you work with data structures, check out the Debug Visualizer extension for VS Code.
It lets you visualize your data while debugging so you can actually watch algorithms and data structures change as your code runs. In this example, see a linked list grow node by node and watch QuickSort move values into sorted order.
A great tool for learning data structures, understanding algorithms, and debugging complex code.
#VSCode #Programming #Coding #DataStructures #Developer
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🚀 Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in VS Code with GitHub Copilot.
Built for agentic coding, long-running tasks, and knowledge work. Give it a try today!
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
🚀 @AnthropicAI's Claude Opus 5.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
Our early testing shows it stands out in efficiency, delivering task resolution comparable to Claude Opus 5 while using significantly fewer steps and tokens, with fast error recovery on multistep tasks.
Try it out for agentic coding, long-running agentic tasks, and knowledge work. Find it in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, and @code.
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
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🏃🏽♂️Agent Merge: Keep Your PR Moving in VS Code
Discover Agent Merge (Experimental) in VS Code, a powerful way to keep your pull requests moving after they’re open. Let the agent handle review comments, failed checks, and merge conflicts, apply the necessary fixes, rerun builds and tests, and keep working until your PR is ready to merge.
➡️ aka.ms/Doc/Agent-Merge
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Formatting code is SO much easier with the Prettier extension ✨
#vscodeextensions #prettier
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🤖 Agent-First Development
From our VS Code Learn library, check out this in-depth tutorial. @madebygps demos how to work effectively with AI agents in VS Code, covering agent workflows, governance, debugging, execution environments, and hands-on application development. ▶️ piped.video/K040jc0PQWI
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🎬 What makes VS Code feel fast, even in huge files?
From custom rendering to keeping work off the UI thread, see the engineering decisions that helped make VS Code responsive.
🍿 Watch The Story of VS Code: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
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🔔 See when an agent session needs your attention without switching back to VS Code.
Enable ⚙️ sessions showApplicationBadge to get a badge for new results, input requests, or pull request checks that need attention. (Preview)
ALT Screenshot showing the application icon on the Windows taskbar with a badge indicating one session needs attention.
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🔀 Turn completed agent work into a pull request without leaving the Agents window.
Review the title and description, choose draft status and merge options, then create the PR directly or ask your agent to do it.
ALT Screenshot showing the Create PR form with editable title and description, draft and merge options, and a split button for creating the pull request.
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🧹 Keep finished agent sessions out of the way.
Get a suggestion to mark inactive sessions as done after their pull requests merge, or configure automatic cleanup to mark and later delete them. (Preview)
ALT Screenshot showing a suggestion to mark a session as done after its pull request has merged.
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🔄 Keep your Codex session when you move between apps.
Continue the same session between the ChatGPT app and VS Code, switch between Copilot and ChatGPT subscriptions, and use VS Code tools.
ALT Screenshot showing a Codex session handed off from the ChatGPT app to VS Code and generating an image.
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📦 Keep agent work aligned with your project’s toolchain.
Add a devcontainer.json, enable ⚙️ chat agentHost devContainer enabled, then select Use Dev Container from the folder submenu. Docker is required.
ALT Screenshot showing the Use Dev Container action for a folder in the workspace picker.
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The last 14 months changed how we build software. What happens next might change it again.
🎬 The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
#vscode #storyofvscode
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🤖 Build once, run everywhere
Discover how agent plugins let you share skills, MCP servers, custom agents, and more across projects and teams in VS Code.
🔗 Links:
aka.ms/Agent_Plugins/VSCode
agent-plugins.org/
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Why do developers get so emotionally attached to their editor?
@shanselman, @addyosmani, @wesbos and @rakyll have thoughts.
🎬 The Story of VS Code: piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
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🧳 Bring Your Own AI Models to GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Use your own Azure-hosted AI models with GitHub Copilot in VS Code. See how Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) lets you connect models from Microsoft Foundry, choose which models appear in Copilot, and use the right model for different coding tasks.
aka.ms/byok-vscode
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🐾 The VS Code pet needs a name!
A new coding companion has joined us.
Haven’t met it yet? Open GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code and enter /vscode-pet
💡 Got a name in mind? Submit your idea from September 10 through September 17, 2026
🏆 Winner: 1 month of GitHub Copilot Max
✨ Honorable mentions: VS Code swag
👉 Learn more: aka.ms/vscode-pet
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🐾 Meet the VS Code pet!
Enter /vscode-pet in chat to meet it, then submit your idea for its name from September 10 through September 17.
ALT Screenshot showing the VS Code pet introduction in chat.
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🐙 Review GitHub issues and pull requests without switching to a browser.
Open issue and pull request links directly in the Agents window, even when the repository isn't open.
First, install the GitHub Pull Requests extension. Then enable ⚙️ extensions experimental enableAgentsWindowCapability and githubPullRequests openPullLinks.
ALT Screenshot showing pasted GitHub issue and pull request URLs with context attachments in chat.
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📁 Continue a quick chat in a workspace without starting over.
Attach a local folder to an existing quick chat and keep its title, conversation history, and current request.
The agent continues with access to your project files.
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🎙️ Talk with your agent while it works!
Voice Mode (Experimental) lets you speak with an agent and interrupt or redirect it while it works on your code.
Enable ⚙️ agents voice enabled, then select Voice Mode in the chat input
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⏰ Put recurring agent work on a schedule.
Automations (Preview) can catch you up on changes, triage issues, or find bugs hourly, daily, or weekly.
Enable ⚙️ chat automations enabled, then open Automations in the Agents window.
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🎬 The Story of VS Code is out now!
Go behind the code and discover how VS Code grew from its early beginnings into the platform millions of developers use today.
piped.video/kHL3XzjpT5w?si=O_EL…
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How extensible should an editor be?
@code made an early choice to protect the core while giving extensions room to grow. That choice shaped the ecosystem we have today.
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⌛ MCP Live starts in 10 minutes! Join @liamchampton @pamelafox and experts from Microsoft, GitHub, Anthropic, Okta, Prefect, and Amazon to explore what’s new across the MCP ecosystem 🎬piped.video/live/JQrTcFq51pU
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🔴 MCP Live is tomorrow!
Join us at 9 AM PT with experts from Microsoft, GitHub, Anthropic, Okta, Prefect, and Amazon to explore what’s new across the MCP ecosystem.
aka.ms/MCPLive/99/x
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🎬 The Story of VS Code is out now!
From the first prototypes to the future of coding, discover the story behind VS Code. Watch now, and as always, happy coding! 💙
piped.video/watch?v=kHL3Xzjp…
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🌌 GPT-6 Astra is now generally available in @code with GitHub Copilot!
Built for long-horizon, autonomous coding and agentic tasks, GPT-6 Astra can plan, validate, and independently confirm its results as it works.
Give it a try today! 🚀
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
ALT Pixel art of a blue slime wearing a gold crown sits atop a dark chat interface bar, which features a microphone icon, "GPT-6 Astra," and "Medium 272K." Below the bar, smaller icons and labels include "Copilot," "Interactive," and "Manual permissions."
🌌 GPT-6 Astra from @OpenAIDevs is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
This new model is designed for long-horizon, autonomous coding and agentic tasks.
Our internal testing shows it plans and validates as it goes, batches diagnosis with verification, and independently confirms its results before declaring a task done. That translated into stronger performance on extensive coding jobs with fewer steps than prior OpenAI models.
Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, or @code. 🚀
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
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⚡ Code Faster in VS Code
Emmet is a built-in tool in VS Code that helps you write code faster using short, simple shortcuts. Try it out!
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🍿 The Story of VS Code premieres today!
🔔 Join us for the world premiere at 8:00 AM PT: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
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VS Code is officially on Instagram!
Follow us for VS Code tips, features, demos, and more: instagram.com/vscode.ig
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🎬 Go behind the story of VS Code, from its early beginnings to the editor millions of developers use today.
Join The Story of VS Code world premiere on September 4 at 8:00 AM PT: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
piped.video/C0JzpWmu-j0?si=JeBA…
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🎨 Want to personalize the Agents window?
Chat backgrounds are now available experimentally. Add a Codicons pattern or an image from your machine, with separate backgrounds for light and dark themes.
Right-click the Agents window background to choose a background.
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🌳 Navigating multi-chat sessions?
See chats organized under their parent session, with a title, status, and pending approvals for each chat.
Open, rename, or delete chats directly from the tree.
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🤖 Claude Fable 5.1 is now generally available in @code with GitHub Copilot.
Give it a try today!
ALT Screenshot of the GitHub Copilot chat window in VS Code with dark mode enabled. The text prompt reads "Chat with Copilot" and the selected model is set to "Claude Fable 5.1" (High 1M) with "Agent" mode active. A small, blue pixel-art mascot sits on top of the chat box.
Claude Fable 5.1, the latest in @AnthropicAI's Mythos model class, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
In our testing it showed strong performance on
➡️ long-running coding tasks
➡️ deep codebase research
➡️ complex agentic workflows
Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI or @code.
github.blog/changelog/2026-0…
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⚡ Navigate VS Code like a pro using the Command Palette!
Quickly open recent files, jump to symbols in your current file, group symbols by type, and even search for symbols across your entire workspace—all without digging through menus.
Happy navigating! 🚀
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The Story of VS Code | Official Trailer
🎥 Watch The Story of VS Code on Friday, September 4th at 8am PT.
👉🏽 subscribe to the VS Code YouTube channel to be notified as soon as the documentary drops: aka.ms/the-story-of-vs-code
#vscode #storyofvscode
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🚀 Join us for MCP Live on September 9!
Hear from experts across the MCP ecosystem and explore what’s new with MCP.
Register today: aka.ms/MCPLive/99/x
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Go from idea to agent-ready in our latest series from VS Code Learn: Java with @rorypreddy
👉🏽 aka.ms/VSCode/Learn-Java
Build a Java Spring Boot application with GitHub Copilot in VS Code, debug it, transform its features into MCP tools, and put everything to the test with Playwright—all through practical, real-world AI-assisted development!
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🏃🏽♀️Stay in the flow and create files on the go!
#vscode #vscodetips
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