Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot: Summer recap (VS Code 1.133–1.136)
Fokko at Work recaps what’s new across Visual Studio Code 1.133–1.136 with a focus on GitHub Copilot features, showing practical demos like Agent Plugins support, prompt UX improvements, usage details per chat turn, and agent merge workflows.
Overview
This video walks through a curated set of Visual Studio Code updates from versions 1.133 through 1.136, focusing on GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat changes that can be demonstrated in the editor. It also notes that feature availability can vary depending on enterprise policies and the Copilot pricing plan.
What’s covered (with timestamps)
Intro (00:00)
- Quick overview of the VS Code 1.133–1.136 “summer recap” scope.
Support for the Agent Plugins standard (00:31)
- Demonstrates new support related to the Agent Plugins standard.
Sticky scroll for prompts (04:14)
- Shows prompt-related UX improvements using sticky scroll.
Agent window: prompt timeline (05:55)
- Demonstrates a prompt timeline view in the agent window.
Find in chat (06:53)
- Shows searching within chat.
Rubber Duck shorthand (07:32)
- Demonstrates the “Rubber Duck” shorthand feature.
View detailed chat turn usage (09:08)
- Shows how to view detailed usage information per chat turn.
Agent window: agent merge (09:58)
- Demonstrates “Agent merge” in the agent window.
Multi-root workspaces in editor window (13:21)
- Covers multi-root workspace behavior in the editor window.
Notes on availability
- Some features may not be available depending on:
- Enterprise policies
- The GitHub Copilot plan/pricing tier
References
- VS Code release notes:
- Additional link shared in the description: