VS Code: AI Customization Revolution
VS Code's March 11th update brings groundbreaking AI customization features with 20 merged PRs and 30 commits. Major highlights include workspace plugin support, enhanced chat troubleshooting skills, agent sessions functionality, and streamlined AI customization management. The team also tackled infrastructure improvements with npm security updates and PowerShell accessibility fixes.
Duration: PT3M49S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-11T10:33:08Z
- Audio duration: PT3M49S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code daily developer podcast. I'm your host, and wow, do we have an exciting day to talk about! March 11th was absolutely packed with innovation, and I can't wait to dig into what the team has been working on.
So grab your favorite beverage and let's dive into what happened yesterday - because honestly, this feels like one of those watershed moments for VS Code's AI capabilities.
The big story today is all about making AI work better for you, in your workspace, with your workflow. Connor Peet landed this fantastic PR for workspace plugin support that I'm genuinely excited about. Here's what's cool - VS Code now reads your .claude/settings files and Copilot equivalents right from your…
But that's just the beginning! Paul Wang added a whole new chat troubleshoot skill that's going to be a game-changer when things go sideways. We've all been there - something breaks, you're not sure why, and you end up down a rabbit hole of documentation. This new skill is designed to help you debug those…
Now here's something really exciting - Josh Spicer improved the built-in prompt override saving in AI Customization. You know how sometimes the…
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