Microsoft has aligned VS Code's existing agent-plugin feature with a vendor-neutral format for portable skills and MCP servers.

Latest VS Code release improves AI agent integration with backing for Model Context Protocol server prompts, resources, sampling, and authorization. Visual Studio Code 1.101, aka the May 2025 version ...

"What MCP server would be helpful to use with Copilot in Visual Studio? I want to write one." With that May 6 social media post, Mads Kristensen, a principal program manager at Microsoft, solicited ...

Google joined Amazon and Microsoft in backing an open package format for portable AI-agent skills and MCP servers.

Microsoft's free source code editor Visual Studio Code has some new features to offer in version 1.102. The June release brings additional functions for the AI-based GitHub Copilot Chat, general ...

However, approach with caution: MCP servers are increasingly becoming a new way to hijack systems or launch cyberattacks, research shows. Microsoft has added Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to ...