VS Code: AI Terminal Security & User Control Revolution
March 19th brought a major leap forward in AI-powered development with 20 merged PRs focused on smarter, safer terminal interactions. The standout changes include AI models that can now request unsandboxed terminal execution with user consent, comprehensive built-in skill management, and a beautiful new "thinking" interface design that makes AI reasoning more transparent and engaging.
Duration: PT3M45S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-19T10:15:26Z
- Audio duration: PT3M45S
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Hey there, code friends! Welcome back to another episode of VS Code. I'm absolutely buzzing with excitement about today's changes because March 19th delivered something really special - we're talking about 20 merged pull requests that are fundamentally changing how we interact with AI in our development workflow.
Let me paint you a picture of what's happening here. You know how we've all been navigating this balance between giving AI tools enough power to be genuinely helpful, while keeping our systems secure? Well, the VS Code team just made a massive breakthrough on that front.
The star of today's show is Alexandru's work on terminal sandboxing. Here's what's brilliant about this - when you have terminal sandboxing enabled, AI models can now explicitly ask for permission to run commands outside that sandbox. It's not sneaky, it's not hidden - the AI literally says "Hey, I think this would…
But that's just the beginning. Josh has been absolutely crushing it with AI customization features. You can now disable and enable built-in skills with simple toggle switches. Think about that for a second - you're no longer stuck with whatever AI capabilities ship with VS Code. You can curate…
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