Microsoft has aligned VS Code's existing agent-plugin feature with a vendor-neutral format for portable skills and MCP servers.
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VS Code update brings info on running subagents into the Agents window and previews built-in dictation and a Markdown editor ...
VS Code update also introduces assisted permissions for agent tool calls in the agent host and clickable file links in Git diff output in the terminal.