Agent Plugins in VS Code

Visual Studio Code · Beginner ·🤖 AI Agents & Automation ·1mo ago

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In this session we're talking about Agent Plugins inside VS Code. 🔗 Links: Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree 🔎 Chapters: 00:00 Intro to Agent Plugins in VS Code 00:50 Demo - Installing Plugins 07:34 Recap 08:01 Wrap 🎙️ Featuring: Liam Hampton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-conroy-hampton/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@liamchampton ▶️ For more VS Code Learn content: https://aka.ms/vsc-learn 📲 Follow VS Code: X: https://x.com/code Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/VSCode/LinkedIn GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode #vscode #mcpserver #vsc-learn #tools

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In this session we're talking about Agent Plugins inside VS Code. 🔗 Links: Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree 🔎 Chapters: 00:00 Intro to Agent Plugins in VS Code 00:50 Demo - Installing Plugins 07:34 Recap 08:01 Wrap 🎙️ Featuring: Liam Hampton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-conroy-hampton/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@liamchampton ▶️ For more VS Code Learn content: https://aka.ms/vsc-learn 📲 Follow VS Code: X: https://x.com/code Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/VSCode/LinkedIn GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode #vscode #mcpserver #vsc-learn #tools

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Chapters (4)

Intro to Agent Plugins in VS Code

0:50 Demo - Installing Plugins

7:34 Recap

8:01 Wrap

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