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Avg. Duration 28m
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Since Aug 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Go beyond the changelog with VS Code Insiders Podcast, the official podcast from the Visual Studio Code team. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the latest features, design decisions, and engineering challenges behind one of the world’s most beloved code editors. Join us as we sit down with the developers, product managers, and community contributors shaping the future of software development. From deep dives into new extensions and experimental tooling to candid conversations about where coding is headed, VS Code Insiders Podcast is your backstage pass to the evolution of modern development. Whether you're a seasoned dev, a curious tinkerer, or just obsessed with clean commits and clever workflows—this is your space to stay informed, inspired, and in the loop.

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Agent-First Development Workflows in VS Code with Brigit Murtaugh

May 25, 2026 40m Transcript

Explore VS Code’s new Agents window — a familiar, focused UI that puts agent-first workflows front and center across repos, harnesses, and machines. It centralizes session management with worktrees,…

Inside The Agent Loop with Pierce Boggan

Apr 20, 2026 33m Transcript

Dive into the heart of VS Code’s agent loop as James and Pierce unravel how agents, sub-agents, tools, and harnesses work together to power your coding experience. Learn how the agent loop has…

Autopilot Mode with Justin Chen

Mar 16, 2026 26m Transcript

Justin and James deep-dive into Autopilot and the evolving VS Code chat UX—why shimmers and collapsed containers declutter conversations, and why the input bar split and new permissions picker…

Subagents: Parallel Execution and Context Isolation [Updated]

Feb 09, 2026 29m Transcript

Discover how VS Code's subagents revolutionize parallel execution and context management. Learn the fundamentals of agent loops and context windows, then dive into how subagents isolate tasks, run…

Orchestrating Multiple Agents in VS Code with Ben & Peng

Jan 12, 2026 40m Transcript

In this episode James sits down with Ben and Peng from the VS Code team to unpack a year of AI evolution inside the editor — from Copilot Free to the new agent sessions UI. They explain the three…

VS Code - 2025 Wrapped with Burke Holland and Pierce Boggan

Dec 23, 2025 43m Transcript

Burke and Pierce sit down to review a full year of releases, surprises, partnerships, and AI goodies in VS Code from 2025! Follow VS Code: X: https://x.com/code Bluesky:…

Models, Evals, and Raptor Mini with Julia Kasper

Dec 08, 2025 24m Transcript

In this episode of the VS Code Insiders podcast, James sits down with Julia to explore the fast-changing world of AI models inside VS Code. They dive into how developers can evaluate models, the role…

Taming AI Assisted Coding Models with Eleanor Berger

Nov 24, 2025 28m Transcript

Pamela and Eleanor dig into the real art of AI‑assisted coding—delegating work to background agents, writing specs that models actually follow, and steering different LLM personalities without…

Designing for Everyone: Accessibility in VS Code with Megan Rogge

Nov 17, 2025 28m Transcript

Megan Rogge, Software Engineer on VS Code, joins James to explore how accessibility is woven into the culture and engineering practices of Visual Studio Code. From screen reader support to sound…

Beyond the Keynote: VS Code at GitHub Universe 2025

Nov 10, 2025 45m Transcript

What does it look like for VS Code to be an AI-native editor? How is it evolving with agents running locally in the editor, in a CLI, in the cloud, or even from other companies? Pierce breaks down…

Behind the Scenes of VS Code’s Planning Agent with Bhavya U

Nov 03, 2025 22m

The new planning agent is here to help you plan out your next tasks, but how does it differ from todos? When would you want to use the planning agent, and how does it actually work? Bhavya, software…

Building & Scaling Open Source Communities with Steve Francia

Oct 27, 2025 25m

Steve Francia joins the pod to talk about building, scaling, and supporting large open source projects and communities from MongoDB, Go, Cobra, Hugo, and so much more. Follow VS Code: X:…

Mastering Chat Modes in VS Code with Burke Holland

Oct 20, 2025 26m

Burke joins the pod to talk about chat modes, how they are evolving, how you can use them as agents, and how he created Beast mode for GPT 4.1 that revolutionized working with this model. Follow VS…

Building agent memory for VS Code with Harald Kirschner

Oct 13, 2025 25m

Harald joins James to talk through customizing chat, agents, and GitHub Copilot with custom instructions, prompts, and modes. We go deeper int new proposed APIs that pulls them together to create…

Impact of AI on How We Learn to Code with Scott Tolinski

Oct 06, 2025 23m

James sits down with Scott Tolinski, of Syntax podcast, to talk about how developer education has changed over the years since he started creating tutorials, how AI is impacting how we learn to code…

The Origins & Evolution of the GitHub MCP Registry

Sep 29, 2025 22m

Toby sits down to talk about MCP, model context protocol, why it is important, how the steering commit across companies helps form the open standard, and how the MCP registry standard came to be and…

The Future of Coding Agents in VS Code

Sep 22, 2025 22m

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…

Life of a VS Code SWE Intern with Christy Nguyen

Sep 15, 2025 25m

Christy joins us to talk about her internship on the VS Code team, her journey, how she landed the internship, how she developed git worktree support in VS Code, and what's next for her. Follow VS…

Language Model Chat Provider (aka BYOK) API with Logan Ramos

Sep 08, 2025 17m

This week, VS Code engineer Logan Ramos joins the pod to talk about Bring Your Own Key... or Bring Your Own Model... the ability to configure models from several providers including Azure, OpenAI,…

Building a MCP to Build VS Code & The Impact of AI on Kent C. Dodds

Sep 01, 2025 57m

This week, VS Code engineer Tyler Leonhardt joins the podcast to give an update on the latest enhancements to MCP authentication for developers and how the VS Code team is leveraging MCP to help…

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