--- title: Visual Studio Code 1.131: subagent visibility, built-in... description: VS Code 1.131 ships with several AI-focused improvements. The Agents window now displays real-time subagent activity including model used, runtime, and current... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-131-subagent-visibility-built-in-dictation-and-a-hybrid-markdown-editor-zfoutlto3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Visual Studio Code 1.131: subagent visibility, built-in dictation, and a hybrid Markdown editor | daily.dev og:description: VS Code 1.131 ships with several AI-focused improvements. The Agents window now displays real-time subagent activity including model used, runtime, and current... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-131-subagent-visibility-built-in-dictation-and-a-hybrid-markdown-editor-zfoutlto3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZfoutltO3.png og:image:alt: Visual Studio Code 1.131: subagent visibility, built-in dictation, and a hybrid Markdown editor 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. # Visual Studio Code 1.131: subagent visibility, built-in dictation, and a hybrid Markdown editor **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary VS Code 1.131 ships with several AI-focused improvements. The Agents window now displays real-time subagent activity including model used, runtime, and current tool call. Built-in dictation powered by the Nemotron model works offline across chat, editors, and the terminal without needing a separate extension. A hybrid Markdown editor in the Agents window enables shared document collaboration between users and agents. The agent host architecture now supports Copilot, Claude, and Codex via the Agent Host Protocol, Python environment management reaches 100% rollout with startup improvements, and terminal screen reader ARIA announcements are now non-interrupting. ## Content ## What's new in VS Code 1.131 The latest VS Code release is mostly focused on AI agent workflows, with a few quality-of-life additions worth knowing about. ## Subagent visibility in the Agents window If you've used VS Code's agent features, you've probably run into the frustration of subagents running with completely opaque status — cryptic titles like "Extracting ICE text from gloop.log" with no context about what's actually happening or why. 1.131 addresses this directly. The Agents window now shows real-time subagent activity without requiring you to open each subagent's conversation individually. You can see which model is running, how long it's been going, and what tool call is currently active. It's a small change but makes a real difference when you're trying to understand what you're actually paying for. ## Built-in dictation (no extension required) VS Code now has native voice dictation, powered by the Nemotron model running locally via Microsoft Foundry Local. The VS Code Speech extension is no longer needed. Dictation works across: - Chat inputs - Inline editor - Terminal - The Agents window You can activate it via the microphone button or with `Ctrl+I` / `Ctrl+Alt+V`. Stop it with Escape or by tapping the microphone again. Everything runs on-device, and there's an optional LLM cleanup setting if you want the output tidied up before it lands in your editor. This is currently a preview, but it's already functional enough to replace the old extension for most use cases. ## Hybrid Markdown editor in the Agents window The Agents window now includes a hybrid Markdown editor that lets you view, edit, and annotate Markdown files directly — files that agents can then act on. Useful if you're using agents to work through documents or structured notes. ## Other changes - **Python environment management** is now at 100% rollout, with startup performance improvements - **Accessibility**: terminal screen reader support now uses non-interrupting ARIA announcements, so output doesn't constantly interrupt what you're reading - The **agent host architecture** continues rolling out, supporting Copilot, Claude, and Codex via the Agent Host Protocol Full release notes are on the VS Code site. --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#markdown](https://daily.dev/tags/markdown) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-131-subagent-visibility-built-in-dictation-and-a-hybrid-markdown-editor-zfoutlto3) ```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":"Visual Studio Code 1.131: subagent visibility, built-in dictation, and a hybrid Markdown editor","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-131-subagent-visibility-built-in-dictation-and-a-hybrid-markdown-editor-zfoutlto3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-131-subagent-visibility-built-in-dictation-and-a-hybrid-markdown-editor-zfoutlto3"},"datePublished":"2026-07-30T01:50:54.792Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T18:29:37.336Z","description":"VS Code 1.131 ships with several AI-focused improvements. 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