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Top 5 · 2026-03-08 · source-backed
Microsoft shipped VS Code 1.110 with agent plugins (bundled skills + MCP servers + hooks), native browser interaction for UI validation, persistent session memory across workflows, /fork for parallel conversation branching, and a new Agent Debug panel showing system prompts, tool calls, and events in real time. Hooks enforce project policies at lifecycle events. This is Microsoft codifying every agentic engineering pattern that emerged from the builder community (Willison, Karpathy, Osmani) into platform primitives. What to do: Update to VS Code 1.110. Explore the agent plugin marketplace. The Agent Debug panel alone is worth the upgrade for understanding what your agents are actually doing.
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