VS Code Insiders Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
20 episodes of VS Code Insiders Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 18th, 2025.
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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!