Content by fokko veegens (17)

Fokko Veegens covers the highlights of VS Code 1.111, the first weekly release following the team's shift from monthly to weekly cadence. Features include autopilot mode for bypassing all approvals, agent-scoped hooks for custom agents, and debug event snapshots for diagnosing failed sessions.

Fokko Veegens covers the highlights of VS Code 1.109.3 and 1.110, including agent hooks for deterministic control, mid-session message steering and queueing, skills as slash commands, the new agent debug panel with flowchart visualization, edit and ask mode changes, agent plugins from the marketplace, #usages and #rename refactoring tools, and AI co-author attribution for commits.

Fokko Veegens covers the highlights of VS Code 1.109, including mermaid diagram rendering in chat responses, improved plan mode with interactive questions, Claude as an agent provider, MCP app support for richer visualizations, and terminal sandboxing for safer command execution.

VS Code 1.108 introduces agent skills support in the GitHub folder, enhanced agent sessions view with grouping and archiving, improved chat picker integration, and expanded terminal auto-approval capabilities. Fokko Veegens demonstrates these features with practical examples showing how skills can automate controller creation and how the new terminal command parsing prevents hidden operations.

In VS Code 1.107 features like the new agent sessions integration with chat, better integration with background agents and the introduction of Claude skills were introduced. This video explains the new features by demoing them. Keep in mind that some features might not be available to you due to enterprise policies or a different pricing plan.

VS Code 1.106 brings major improvements to GitHub Copilot workflows with plan-mode for safer code changes, unified agent sessions across local and cloud environments, and open-sourced inline completions. Fokko Veegens walks through the new features including enhanced trust controls, better terminal integration, and MCP server governance.

Fokko Veegens provides a comprehensive walkthrough of Visual Studio Code 1.105, released in October 2025, highlighting significant enhancements to GitHub Copilot integration and developer productivity tools. The release introduces AI-powered assistance for complex workflows, improved terminal integration, and enhanced code testing capabilities.

Fokko Veegens demonstrates VS Code 1.104 features including auto model selection, AGENTS.md support, prompt file suggestions, and improved chat sessions management.

Fokko Veegens explores VS Code 1.103 features including Checkpoints for time travel in Agent mode, Todo lists tracking AI tasks, GPT-5 model support, and enhanced terminal capabilities.

Fokko Veegens covers VS Code 1.102 features including the open-sourcing of GitHub Copilot Chat extension, custom chat modes, custom instruction generation, and terminal auto approval.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode feature. How Agent Mode helps you by iterating over your prompt by itself.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's Next Edit Suggestions feature. NES Looks ahead for you while editing and comes up with related changes.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's GPT-4o Copilot Suggestions Model feature. GPT-4o Copilot replaces the previously used GPT 3.5 TURBO model for suggestions.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's Fetch Webpage feature. Retrieve a web page as part of the context you provide with your prompt.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's Code Translation feature. Translate code across different languages with ease using Copilot.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's @github Chat Participant feature. Use Copilot as a chat participant in GitHub discussions.

This video demonstrates GitHub Copilot's Code Documenting feature. Generate comprehensive documentation for your codebase with Copilot.