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VS Code Insiders Podcast · Sep 22, 2025 · 22 min

The Future of Coding Agents in VS Code

Brigit and Josh join the podcast to talk about the latest enhancements to coding agents, aka background tasks, aka background agents in VS Code. They break down why you would use them, how to use them, and their future. Follow VS Code: X: https://x.com/code Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev YouTube: https://youtube.com/code LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/104107263 GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode Special Guests: Brigit Murtaugh and Josh Spicer. Links: Sharp Solarized Copilot Coding Agent docs v1.104 Updates for coding agent GitHub Pull Requests Extension

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Brigit and Josh join the podcast to talk about the latest enhancements to coding agents, aka background tasks, aka background agents in VS Code. They break down why you would use them, how to use them, and their future.

Follow VS Code:

Special Guests: Brigit Murtaugh and Josh Spicer.

Links:

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