APIActive

VS Code AI Extensibility

APIs and patterns for extending VS Code's built-in AI features including chat, agent mode, and language model tools.

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What it does

Provides Language Model Tools API, MCP tool integration, and Chat Participant API to extend VS Code's AI capabilities with domain-specific functionality.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Chat Participant APIMCP Tool IntegrationLanguage Model Tools API

Tags

Tags

Extension APIAI

Ways to use it

Ways to use it

sdk

TypeScript / https://code.visualstudio.com/api

mcp

Not filed / Not filed

Product features

Product features

Authorization

Dynamic tool discovery

Extension API

MCP developer guide

MCP features supported by VS Code

Prompts

Resource templates

Resources

Tool annotations

Tool definition

Tools

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