Tip: Use VS Code 1.116 Agent Debug Logging to Trace AI Decision Chains End-to-End

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VS Code 1.116's new 'AI Agent' output channel shows timestamps, input context, full prompt content, and the agent's reasoning path for every suggestion. If your Copilot agent makes a bad edit, you can now trace exactly what context it received and where its reasoning diverged. This is the first time a mainstream IDE has exposed the full agent decision chain to developers rather than treating it as a black box.