--- title: Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the... description: GitHub published Agent Plugins 1.0, an open standard co-developed with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, Vercel, and Google (as core maintainer), on August 6.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app | daily.dev og:description: GitHub published Agent Plugins 1.0, an open standard co-developed with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, Vercel, and Google (as core maintainer), on August 6.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QHdVD5TPu.png og:image:alt: Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub published Agent Plugins 1.0, an open standard co-developed with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, Vercel, and Google (as core maintainer), on August 6. The spec packages agent skills and MCP servers into a single plugin manifest that works across compatible clients, eliminating the need to maintain separate manifests per tool. It is generally available in VS Code, Copilot CLI, the Copilot SDK, and the Copilot app on all Copilot plans. Existing Copilot plugins keep working without migration. Plugins install from marketplaces like Awesome Copilot, and Copilot Business/Enterprise customers can govern plugin and marketplace access via existing managed-settings.json controls, including enabledPlugins, extraKnownMarketplaces, strictKnownMarketplaces, and MCP server allowlists. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Agent Plugins 1.0 and which companies support it? Agent Plugins 1.0 is an open standard, published on August 6, that packages agent skills and MCP servers into a single installable plugin governed independently of any one vendor. It launched with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel, with Google joining as a core maintainer the same day, letting one plugin work across multiple compatible agent clients. _Track new open standards like this on daily.dev to keep your AI agent tooling interoperable._ ### Do I need to migrate my existing GitHub Copilot plugins to Agent Plugins 1.0? No migration is required. Existing GitHub Copilot plugins that don't target the Agent Plugins 1.0 spec remain fully supported in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app, so adopting the new spec is optional and only needed if you want a plugin portable across other compatible clients like AWS or OpenAI tools. _daily.dev helps developers stay on top of optional-but-useful platform upgrades like this one._ ### How do I make a GitHub Copilot plugin work across VS Code, Copilot CLI, and other agent clients? Add a $schema reference to plugin.json, keep skills under a skills/ directory and MCP configuration in mcp.json, and move Copilot-specific files like custom agents, commands, rules, and hooks into a com.github.copilot/ namespaced directory that other clients ignore. This keeps the shared skill and MCP server portable while preserving Copilot-only behavior. _Developers migrating plugins to open agent standards can follow coverage of this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Agent Plugins Explained: Skills and MCP in One Folder](https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-explained-skills-and-mcp-in-one-folder-oszuhbwpc) · Medium · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Enterprise-managed plugins in VS Code in public preview](https://daily.dev/posts/enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview-8zieiuhho) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Enabling Consistent AI-Assisted Engineering with GitHub Copilot Plugins](https://daily.dev/posts/enabling-consistent-ai-assisted-engineering-with-github-copilot-plugins-qimrwglla) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu"},"datePublished":"2026-08-12T19:49:04.896Z","dateModified":"2026-08-12T19:49:56.516Z","description":"GitHub published Agent Plugins 1.0, an open standard co-developed with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, Vercel, and Google (as core maintainer), on August 6....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9587881234e258ef733b56abf589271c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9587881234e258ef733b56abf589271c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GitHub Changelog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GitHub Changelog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/15004b7835da4d89b02b115871f0f6dc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,ai-agents,vscode,mcp","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GitHub Changelog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app-qhdvd5tpu#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Agent Plugins 1.0 and which companies support it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Agent Plugins 1.0 is an open standard, published on August 6, that packages agent skills and MCP servers into a single installable plugin governed independently of any one vendor. 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