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

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

OpenAI launches Codex for Windows, letting developers run multiple AI coding agents, automate testing tasks, and sync projects seamlessly across Mac and Windows.

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

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 ...