VS Code: Chat System Evolution and Polish Bonanza
March 27th brought 20 merged PRs focused heavily on chat system improvements, with major API changes for chat customization providers, agent plugin storage normalization, and telemetry enhancements. Notable contributors include Josh Spicer's massive chat API overhaul, Connor Peet's plugin infrastructure work, and numerous UI polish fixes from the community.
Duration: PT4M7S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-27T10:32:04Z
- Audio duration: PT4M7S
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Hey there, code crafters! Welcome back to another episode of VS Code - I'm your host, and wow, do we have a fantastic development day to dive into. March 27th, 2026 was absolutely buzzing with activity - 20 merged pull requests and 30 additional commits. The team was clearly in full swing, and the community…
Let's jump right into the big story of the day - and honestly, it's all about chat systems getting some serious love. Josh Spicer landed what I can only describe as a monster PR - we're talking 863 lines added, 602 removed, spanning 23 files. This is the kind of change that reshapes how things work under the hood.…
Now, I know that sounds super technical, but here's why it's exciting - this is the foundation that's going to make it way easier for extension developers to create custom chat experiences. Instead of wrestling with complex group structures, they can now call a clean, straightforward API to register their…
Connor Peet also made waves with agent plugin storage improvements. Previously, VS Code was storing plugins in this really internal, hard-to-access way. Connor normalized this to use a proper agent-plugins folder right beside your extensions directory, complete…
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