VS Code Insiders Podcast

Stay up to date with the latest in VS Code, the open source AI code editor.

About the show

Go beyond the changelog with VS Code Insiders Podcast, the official podcast from the Visual Studio Code team. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the latest features, design decisions, and engineering challenges behind one of the world’s most beloved code editors.

Join us as we sit down with the developers, product managers, and community contributors shaping the future of software development. From deep dives into new extensions and experimental tooling to candid conversations about where coding is headed, VS Code Insiders Podcast is your backstage pass to the evolution of modern development.

Whether you're a seasoned dev, a curious tinkerer, or just obsessed with clean commits and clever workflows—this is your space to stay informed, inspired, and in the loop.

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Episodes

  • The Origins & Evolution of the GitHub MCP Registry

    September 29th, 2025  |  22 mins 58 secs
    mcp, registry

    Toby sits down to talk about MCP, model context protocol, why it is important, how the steering commit across companies helps form the open standard, and how the MCP registry standard came to be and how GitHub and VS Code are leveraging it.

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    The Future of Coding Agents in VS Code

    September 22nd, 2025  |  22 mins 24 secs
    background tasks, coding agents, github coding agent

    Brigit and Josh join the podcast to talk about the latest enhancements to coding agents, aka background tasks, aka background agents in VS Code. They break down why you would use them, how to use them, and their future.

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    Life of a VS Code SWE Intern with Christy Nguyen

    September 15th, 2025  |  25 mins 57 secs
    git, git worktrees, internship, source control

    Christy joins us to talk about her internship on the VS Code team, her journey, how she landed the internship, how she developed git worktree support in VS Code, and what's next for her.

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    Language Model Chat Provider (aka BYOK) API with Logan Ramos

    September 8th, 2025  |  17 mins 8 secs
    byok, extensions

    This week, VS Code engineer Logan Ramos joins the pod to talk about Bring Your Own Key... or Bring Your Own Model... the ability to configure models from several providers including Azure, OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, Google, and more. We talk about how and why you would actually use this functionality, but more importantly a new API for extenders to bring ANY model directly into VS Code!

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    Building a MCP to Build VS Code & The Impact of AI on Kent C. Dodds

    September 1st, 2025  |  57 mins 34 secs
    mcp, playwright

    This week, VS Code engineer Tyler Leonhardt joins the podcast to give an update on the latest enhancements to MCP authentication for developers and how the VS Code team is leveraging MCP to help developer VS Code with help of the Playwright, GitHub, and other MCP servers. James also got a chance to sit down with Kent C. Dodds at the MCP Dev Days to better understand how MCP is evolving his workflow and how he sees its impact going forward.

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    Iteration Plan for August & Re-writing Terminal Tools

    August 25th, 2025  |  31 mins 27 secs
    planning, terminal

    What features are coming to VS Code in the next update? The August iteration plan is completely done in the open. How does it work, how you look at it, and how to you get involved? We also sit down with VS Code engineer Daniel Imms about vast improvements coming to the Terminal for agent mode integraiton.

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    Hello GPT-5 & GPT-5 mini

    August 18th, 2025  |  18 mins 33 secs
    beast mode, gpt-5, release

    GPT-5 and GPT-5 mini are here inside of agent mode in Visual Studio Code. We discuss these new models and new features for developers including tasks lists, manage models, and beast mode!