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Tools2026-08-15 · source-backed
Shipped August 12 on the Agent Host Protocol: the same agent session attaches from multiple VS Code windows, and the model picker exposes both Anthropic and Copilot options, switchable between turns and billed to the respective service. An experimental chat.agentHost.allowSignedOutWhenUsable setting opens the Agents window without GitHub sign-in, for people running their own Anthropic key. HTML files in the integrated browser auto-reload on edit. VS Code
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Claude Code uses VS Code / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Copilot CLI supports VS Code / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Linked by a graph relationship (Copilot CLI supports VS Code); both cover Anthropic, Copilot, GitHub, HTML; overlapping topics (agent, anthropic, code, copilot).
VS Code supports Codex / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Anthropic partners with VS Code / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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VS Code supports MCP / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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VS Code uses Copilot / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Copilot CLI supports VS Code / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Copilot CLI supports VS Code); both cover Copilot, GitHub, VS Code; overlapping topics (agent, august, code, copilot).