Microsoft's July release adds a Copilot Chat agent preview, workload-specific skills, shared instructions, branch context and C++ build controls.

Visual Studio Code is an advanced editor that supports just about every programming language in use today. That is why Visual Studio Code has more buttons, knobs, and switches than a Martian starship.

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 2026 v18.8 includes built-in Agent Skills created by Microsoft's .NET and Azure teams. Skills provide reusable, task-specific instructions, workflows and guardrails that Copilot loads ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.129, an update to its free, popular code editor that features a dedicated agent host and an editor panel in the Agents window. The updated editor also ...

This art tutorial shows how to transform a flat-looking 2D drawing into a more dimensional 3D illustration using careful shadow placement and marker blending. The process begins by choosing a clear ...

In this era of AI-assisted software development, developers need to know what to build and how to govern it, while coding agents need context to understand how to execute correctly. To help ...

As a reminder, users can access Claude models through one of three interfaces: Chat, which is the chatbot interface most people are familiar with; Cowork, which allows more autonomous decision making ...

For some, scorching days and humid nights are just the norm. So how do they stay chilled and comfortable? Luis Pacherrez Antón is president of Agroperu Cooperative, a democratic collective of 102 ...