How Canvases Bring You and Your Coding Agent Together

Name: How Canvases Bring You and Your Coding Agent Together
Uploaded: 2026-10-20T20:00:24+00:00
Description: Visual Studio Code introduces Canvases (Preview), a shared workspace concept in VS Code designed to help teams plan releases, prioritize backlog work, and...

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Visual Studio Code introduces Canvases (Preview) in VS Code: shared workspaces intended to help you collaborate with a coding agent while organizing work.

Overview

Canvases are presented as a way to bring planning context and execution closer together by combining visual organization with agent collaboration.

What Canvases are for

Organizing releases and planning work in a shared workspace
Prioritizing backlog tasks
Turning cards into plans with context that a coding agent can act on

Example scenarios mentioned

Visualizing databases
Managing cloud resources
App modernization

Getting started

Create a canvas that fits your workflow, or install one that does
Reference: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_142#_canvases-preview