--- title: VS Code 1.110: what's new for AI agents (February 2026) description: VS Code 1.110 marks a shift from monthly to weekly releases, with the VS Code team crediting AI tools and agent-based workflows for making the faster cadence... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-1-110-what-s-new-for-ai-agents-february-2026--lqc4wmg2u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: VS Code 1.110: what's new for AI agents (February 2026) | daily.dev og:description: VS Code 1.110 marks a shift from monthly to weekly releases, with the VS Code team crediting AI tools and agent-based workflows for making the faster cadence... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-1-110-what-s-new-for-ai-agents-february-2026--lqc4wmg2u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lqC4wMG2U.png og:image:alt: VS Code 1.110: what's new for AI agents (February 2026) 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. # VS Code 1.110: what's new for AI agents (February 2026) **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary VS Code 1.110 marks a shift from monthly to weekly releases, with the VS Code team crediting AI tools and agent-based workflows for making the faster cadence sustainable. Key new features include shared agent session memory, mid-run agent steering with message queuing and `/fork` for branching conversations, lifecycle hooks for custom shell commands and guardrails, and agent plugins (preview) that bundle slash commands, MCP servers, and custom agents. The integrated browser now supports agentic control via Playwright, and Copilot CLI is natively integrated. The release also introduces an auto-approval toggle, a new Explore subagent for parallel codebase research, and AI coauthor attribution for commits. ## Content ## From monthly to weekly releases After 10 years of monthly releases, the VS Code team switched to weekly. Product lead Pierce Boggan credits AI tools for making that pace sustainable. A few things changed internally: PMs now prototype features directly as pull requests using GitHub Copilot, commit velocity jumped to over 100 per day, and an agent-based pipeline handles issue triage and deduplication automatically. There's also a custom "demonstrate" agent that self-validates features by launching VS Code and taking screenshots. Boggan's broader point is that "agent-ready codebase" is becoming a core engineering skill — the boundary between product thinking and actually building is getting blurry when AI can translate one into the other quickly. --- ## What's new in VS Code 1.110 (February 2026) ### Agent memory and context management Agents now share session memory across Copilot tools and CLI workflows, so context doesn't reset between tools. Plans created by the Plan agent persist across sessions. When context gets too long, you can manually compact it with `/compact` rather than waiting for things to break. There's also a new built-in Explore subagent that runs codebase research in parallel, which helps with larger tasks that require understanding multiple parts of a project at once. ### Steering agents mid-run You can now queue follow-up messages while an agent is still working, and redirect it mid-response without canceling the whole session. If you want to explore an alternative approach without losing your current conversation, `/fork` creates a branch from any checkpoint in the chat history. ### Lifecycle hooks Hooks let you run custom shell commands at specific points in an agent's lifecycle — for example, auto-committing changes when a session stops, or enforcing team policies before an agent takes an action. This is the main mechanism for teams that want to add guardrails without blocking the agent entirely. There's also an auto-approval toggle (`/autoApprove` or `/yolo`) for teams that want to skip confirmation prompts on trusted operations. ### Agent plugins (preview) Agent plugins are installable bundles that package together slash commands, MCP servers, agent skills, custom agents, and hooks. They're installable from plugin marketplaces and meant to make it easier to share reusable agent configurations across teams. New `/create-*` commands let you generate reusable prompts and agents directly. A new agent debug panel shows real-time chat events, which helps when building or debugging plugins. ### Browser tools The integrated browser now supports agentic control — agents can navigate pages and run Playwright code autonomously without leaving the editor. This is mainly useful for UI validation workflows where you'd otherwise switch between tools. ### Other updates - **Copilot CLI** is now natively integrated into VS Code, with diff tabs and shared context - **Next edit suggestions** now work across longer distances in a file - **Model picker** has been redesigned - **AI coauthor attribution** for commits - **Terminal Kitty graphics protocol** support - JavaScript and TypeScript setting IDs have been consolidated ahead of TypeScript 6.0 and 7.0 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-115-introduces-vs-code-agents-app-v4yc2vcif) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [VS Code now updates weekly](https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-now-updates-weekly-faito46mt) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-115-introduces-vs-code-agents-app-fkpi9a9ra) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-1-110-what-s-new-for-ai-agents-february-2026--lqc4wmg2u) ```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":"VS Code 1.110: what's new for AI agents (February 2026)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-1-110-what-s-new-for-ai-agents-february-2026--lqc4wmg2u","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-1-110-what-s-new-for-ai-agents-february-2026--lqc4wmg2u"},"datePublished":"2026-03-09T09:03:46.183Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:53:05.119Z","description":"VS Code 1.110 marks a shift from monthly to weekly releases, with the VS Code team crediting AI tools and agent-based workflows for making the faster cadence...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7e8577c6287118db52aacbd83e810ab9?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7e8577c6287118db52aacbd83e810ab9?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","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":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-1-110-what-s-new-for-ai-agents-february-2026--lqc4wmg2u","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,github,mcp,vscode","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"VS Code 1.110: what's new for AI agents (February 2026)"}]} ```