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Get started with AI agents

Hand off tasks to autonomous AI agents that iterate until the job is done. Run them locally, in the background, or in the cloud, with your choice of AI provider. Track all sessions without leaving VS Code.

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What do you want to do?

Set up VS Code

Install VS Code, open your code, and choose a guided path for your first task.

Learn VS Code basics

Explore the editor, settings, extensions, source control, running, and debugging.

Complete a task with an AI agent

Build and validate a small web app with an AI agent, then review the generated changes.

Add language support

Set up editing, running, and debugging for Python, JavaScript, C++, and more.

Customize AI for your project

Configure custom instructions, skills, and MCP servers to tailor AI to your workflow.

VS Code for enterprise

Learn how to configure VS Code for enterprise environments with policies, extension management, and AI customization options.

Latest

release

VS Code 1.143 release

Get the Copilot harness by default, compare model results in the Agents window, and try experimental worktree cleanup, and a multi-diff file list.

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documentation

Agent harness concepts

Understand the core concepts and how to use different types of harnesses within VS Code.

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blog

Modernizing the VS Code UI

Learn how the VS Code Agent Host and Agent Host Protocol (AHP) enable persistent, portable agent sessions across windows, clients, and local or remote environments.

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