May 2025 (Version 1.101)
a year ago
- #VS Code
- #Software Development
- #Productivity Tools
- May 2025 release of Visual Studio Code (version 1.101) with numerous updates.
- Introduction of Chat tool sets for grouping and managing related tools.
- MCP support expanded to include prompts, resources, sampling (experimental), and authentication.
- Chat UX improvements including distinct user messages and undo functionality.
- Efficiency enhancements for applying edits with aligned keybindings.
- Implicit context streamlined for adding current file as context in chat.
- Custom chat modes (Preview) allow tailored chat behaviors and tool availability.
- Task configuration errors can now be fixed using GitHub Copilot.
- Accessibility improvements including new sounds for user actions and code actions.
- Editor experience updates like find-as-you-type and custom menus.
- Process explorer now supports web when connected to a remote.
- Python extension updates including chat tools and project creation from templates.
- Extension authoring updates include MCP extension APIs and secret scanning.
- Electron 35 update with Chromium 134.0.6998.205 and Node.js 22.15.1.
- Thank you to contributors for their pull requests and issue tracking.