Agent mode tools in VS Code

Visual Studio Code • May 2, 2025
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Agent mode can invoke tools to help accomplish a user's request - but what exactly does that mean? In this video, we'll go over what agent mode tools are and how they can be provided in VS Code. 00:00 Intro 00:16 What are tools? 00:42 Built in tools 01:24 Tools from extensions - Prompt Boost 02:25 MCP tools - Perplexity MCP server 🔗 Links: Agent mode blogpost: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/04/07/agentMode Prompt Boost extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisdias.promptboost Language Model Tool API docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/tools MCP demo repo: https://github.com/digitarald/mcp-frontend-starter

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