{"id":49262,"date":"2025-07-12T15:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49262"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:22:04","slug":"vs-code-1-102-mcp-open-source-copilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/vs-code-1-102-mcp-open-source-copilot\/","title":{"rendered":"VS Code 1.102 Released! GA MCP Support & Open-Source Copilot Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VS Code 1.102, the June release of Microsoft’s IDE, was released few days ago on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Since the release, Copilot Chat is finally open-sourced under the MIT license<\/b>. And, the source code, is available at this github page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As you see in the screenshot, the chat view has a new “Configure Chat<\/b>” gear menu, allowing to manage custom modes, as well as reusable instructions, prompts, and tool sets. And, there’s new button to maximize the chat view.<\/p>\n

User can now specify which language model to use by adding the model metadata property with model identifier to chatmode.md<\/code> file. And, it now supports importing a chat mode file from an external link.<\/p>\n

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MCP support in VS Code now is generally available.<\/p>\n

It now supports elicitations for MCP servers to request input from MCP clients, has a new command to quick access to your MCP configuration files.<\/p>\n

There are as well Dev Container support for MCP configuration, migration support, new MCP SERVERS – INSTALLED view to monitor, onfigure, and control installed MCP servers. And, MCP servers are now treated as first-class resources.<\/p>\n

VS Code 1.102 introduced new Snooze feature<\/b> allowing to temporarily pause inline suggestions and next edit suggestions (NES).<\/p>\n

To enable this feature, either select the Copilot dashboard in the Status Bar, or run the Snooze Inline Suggestions<\/code> command from the Command Palette and select a duration from the dropdown menu.<\/p>\n

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The release also improved accessibility by adding ability to run Keep All Edits<\/code> command with focus in the editor, enhanced editor experience by adding new command to re-run all currently running tasks, and making Restart Task<\/code> command now reloads tasks.json<\/code> before restarting.<\/p>\n

Other changes include:<\/p>\n