VS Code Insiders Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

19 episodes of VS Code Insiders Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 18th, 2025.

  • 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!