The March 2025 release of Visual Studio Code features various updates, such as the introduction of agent mode, enhancements to code editing, and an upgraded chat experience. The Agent mode has been introduced in the stable version of VS Code, featuring tools for the Model Context Protocol server. The editor now provides Next Edit Suggestions, minimizes distractions, and incorporates AI edits. Furthermore, users have the ability to access a wider range of language models in chat, seamlessly switch between ask, edit, and agent modes, as well as create and modify notebooks.

VSCode Release March 2025

Welcome to the March 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Agent mode

  • Agent mode is available in VS Code Stable. Enable it by setting chat.agent.enabled:true ( more...).
  • Extend agent mode with Model Context Protocol (MCP) server tools ( more...).
  • Try the new built-in tools in agent mode for fetching web content, finding symbol references, and deep thinking ( more...).

• Code editing

  • Next Edit Suggestions is now generally available ( more...).
  • Benefit from fewer distractions such as diagnostics events while AI edits are applied in the editor ( more...).

• Chat

  • Use your own API keys to access more language models in chat (preview) ( more...).
  • Easily switch between ask, edit, and agent mode from the unified chat experience ( more...).
  • Experience improved workspace search speed and accuracy with instant remote workspace indexing ( more...).

• Notebook editing

  • Create and edit notebooks as easily as code files with support for edit and agent mode ( more...).

For the complete release notes go to  Updates on  code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly  Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

Release March 2025 · microsoft/vscode