Documentation for Visual Studio Code

Your home for multi-agent development. Explore AI agents, coding tools, extensions, and everything you need to build faster with Visual Studio Code.

Getting started with Visual Studio Code

Getting started with Visual Studio Code In this tutorial, we walk you through using Visual Studio Code powered with AI features.

Installing Visual Studio Code on Windows

Install Visual Studio Code on Windows, choose User or System setup, and configure Windows developer tools.

User interface - Visual Studio Code

A quick overview of the Visual Studio Code user interface. Learn about the editor, window management, and special UI to handle source control, extension management, full text search and more.

Get started with Visual Studio Code

Get started with Visual Studio Code, the open platform for AI agents. Install on Windows, macOS, or Linux and start building with agentic coding, extensions, and a powerful editor.

Visual Studio Code Learn

Learn Visual Studio Code with structured training courses, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples.

Tutorial: Agentic coding in VS Code

Get started with agentic coding in Visual Studio Code. Build an app from a prompt with the Agents window and the Chat view, and learn the VS Code basics.

Use custom instructions in VS Code

Learn how to create custom instructions for GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code to ensure AI responses match your coding practices, project requirements, and development standards.

Quick Start Guide for Python in VS Code

A quick start guide to get you up and coding with the Python extension in Visual Studio Code.

A list of available packages will be displayed Accept the default number of packages in the toolchain group by pressing Enter. Enter Y when prompted whether to proceed with the installation. Add the path of your MinGW-w64 bin folder to the Windows PATH environment variable by using the following steps: In the Windows search bar, type Settings to open your Windows Settings. Search for Edit ...