Exploring VS Code's AI features alongside top models like Claude Code and Codex

VS Code’s new Agents view isn’t just another sidebar, and it’s not Copilot in a new costume. It’s a dedicated, agent-first AI workspace built right into your editor—one that upends old assumptions about what “AI for developers” should look like. Instead of yet another autocomplete or chat overlay, you get a full-blown command deck for giving the AI complex, project-wide tasks, tracking progress, and even spinning up multiple agents in parallel—all without leaving VS Code. That alone sets Agents...