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🚀 v1.102 of VS Code is here! Check out what’s new: - MCP is GA with GitHub policy support - GitHub Copilot Chat is open source - Use custom modes for tailored chat - Background task management with Copilot coding agent …and so much more: aka.ms/VSCodeRelease 🧶 Here are some of the highlights…

🌐 MCP support is now generally available in VS Code with GitHub policy support, offering full specification features and enabling you to extend agent mode with popular MCP servers.

VS Code fully supports elicitations from MCP servers, empowering dynamic, context-aware input requests and delivering seamless compatibility with the latest MCP specification.

🔍 Discover and install MCP servers effortlessly in VS Code with curated browsing, one-click installs, and instant availability in your workspace.

Copilot Chat is now open source 🎉 You can now explore, contribute, and build on top of the Copilot Chat extension. MIT licensed and ready for community innovation. aka.ms/oss-ai-editor

🤖 Delegate the remainder of a local change to Copilot coding agent by invoking the #copilotCodingAgent tool in chat.

🛠️ Bootstrap custom instructions using the Chat: Generate Instructions command. The agent analyzes your codebase and prepares a copilot-instructions markdown file tailored to your project.

Design your own chat modes with dedicated tools and instructions, plus support for model selection, validation, and link import. Use the Configure Chat ⚙️ menu to manage modes, prompts, and toolsets.

Easily set the language model for each custom chat mode by adding a model property to your .chatmode.md file, with IntelliSense support.

Get completions, validation, and hover info for all supported metadata in chat modes, prompts, and instruction files.

✍️ Edit previous chat requests (experimental): click to revise and resubmit past prompts. Change the text, context, or mode, without starting from scratch.

⚙️ Auto-approve terminal commands (experimental): accelerate routine commands using allow/deny lists for trusted tasks such as ls, echo, or npm run test, while maintaining full security and control.

Agent mode now simplifies terminal workflows by detecting and removing redundant cd commands when you’re already in the correct directory.

You can now expand the Chat view to span the editor area. VS Code remembers this layout between sessions.

🖥️ In the VS Code CLI, use "code chat [options] [prompt]" to start a chat session from your terminal, with support for custom modes, file context, and more.

🔎 Head to the full release notes to learn more: aka.ms/VSCodeRelease Happy coding! 💙