Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks.

It's more than just a code editor.

Called Automations, the new system gives users a way to automatically launch agents within their coding environment, triggered by a new addition to the codebase, a Slack message, or a simple timer.

What simple app would make your life easier? Many of us have hobbies or frustrations that personalized software could help with, although relatively few have the coding skills needed to make something ...