VS Code: MCP Magic and UI Polish Galore
The VS Code team shipped 20 pull requests focused heavily on MCP (Model Context Protocol) improvements and UI enhancements. Connor Peet led the charge with major MCP enablement features and UI improvements, while the team tackled everything from macOS terminal fixes to inline completion enhancements.
Duration: PT3M56S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-10T10:34:44Z
- Audio duration: PT3M56S
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Hey there, VS Code enthusiasts! Welcome back to another episode of your favorite daily developer podcast. I'm your host, and wow - do we have a packed show for you today, March 10th, 2026.
The VS Code team absolutely crushed it with 20 merged pull requests and 30 additional commits. And let me tell you, there's a clear theme emerging here - they're really doubling down on making MCP and chat experiences smoother than ever.
Let's dive right into our biggest story of the day. Connor Peet has been absolutely on fire with MCP improvements. First up, he delivered a massive PR that lets you enable and disable MCP plugins just like regular extensions. This isn't just a small tweak - we're talking about over 1,000 lines of code changes across…
But Connor wasn't done there! He followed up with another substantial change, moving MCP to use the askquestions UI for elicitations instead of that old quickpick flow. This is such a smart move - it creates a much nicer user experience and adds proper data validation. Sometimes the best improvements are the ones…
Now, here's a story that'll resonate with anyone who's ever battled terminal quirks. Jamie Cansdale tackled a really gnarly macOS bug where…
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