Microsoft is increasingly treating Claude as a first-class option across dev tooling and AI products. For one prominent example of that trend, Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor is extending Claude ...

The July 2026 Visual Studio Code update expands agent workflows, chat attachments, browser-tab controls, OS-level shortcuts and enterprise telemetry management. VS Code 1.128 was released on July 8, ...

Multi-chat Claude sessions allow VS Code users to run multiple related conversation threads in one Claude agent session instead of separate top-level sessions. Visual Studio Code 1.128, the most ...

Visual Studio Code 1.136 adds Agent Merge, multi-root Copilot and Claude support, custom Agent backgrounds, and improved session organization.

Developers who lean on AI coding agents often keep several editor windows open at once, each tied to its own session. The 1.129 release of Visual Studio Code reworks that setup with a dedicated agent ...

VS Code model picker now allows users to switch between Anthropic and Copilot providers between turns reconfiguring the agent host. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.133, an update to its ...

Visual Studio 2026 can now automatically surface organization-level GitHub Copilot agents across eligible repositories, allowing companies to distribute specialized development agents more broadly.