Claude & Codex Agents in VS Code

Liam Hampton demonstrates how to use third-party coding agents (Claude and Codex) inside Visual Studio Code via GitHub Copilot’s agent tooling, including when to choose local vs. remote execution and a short end-to-end demo workflow.

Overview

The video walks through using third-party agents within VS Code, focusing on:

• Why you might use a third-party agent in VS Code
• The trade-offs between running an agent locally vs. remotely
• A short demo of using Claude and Codex inside Visual Studio

Links

• VS Code docs (Copilot agents / agent tools): https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools
• Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree

Chapters

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:17 Why a third-party agent?
• 01:15 Local v. Remote
• 01:50 Demo
• 05:22 Recap
• 05:36 Wrap