{"id":50358,"date":"2026-01-09T09:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50358"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:39:29","slug":"vs-code-1-108-released-with-experimental-agent-skills-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/vs-code-1-108-released-with-experimental-agent-skills-support\/","title":{"rendered":"VS Code 1.108 Released with Experimental Agent Skills Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Visual Studio Code 1.108, the December 2025 version of this free open-source code editor, was released yesterday.<\/p>\n

The new version introduced experimental Agent Skills<\/b> support, to customize the agent behavior for specialized tasks.<\/p>\n

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They are instructions, scripts, and resources in directories with a SKILL.md file that define the custom behavior. VS Code will automatically detect and load them (from .github\/skills<\/code> or .claude\/skills<\/code>) on-demand into the chat context when relevant for your request.<\/p>\n

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Besides agent skills, the release also improved the agent session view by adding keyboard access support for actions such as archive, read state, opening a session, information on changed files and associated PRs, and support for archiving multiple sessions at once from the new group sections.<\/p>\n

VS Code 1.108 now opens empty chat on restart, instead of restore previous chat sessions, while you can access them from the Agent Sessions control. <\/p>\n

When terminal auto approve is enabled, the git ls-files<\/code>, git --no-pager<\/code>, git -C<\/code>, rg<\/code>, sed<\/code>, and Out-String<\/code> commands are now auto approved by default. As well, npm scripts run through npm<\/code>, pnpm<\/code> or yarn<\/code> are also auto approved by default when they are included within the package.json.<\/p>\n

The new version also improved the editor experience. It now supports dragging and dropping a .code-profile<\/code> file into VS Code to import a settings profile, with preview support.<\/p>\n

User can now copy the breadcrumbs path to the clipboard by using the Copy Breadcrumbs Path command. And, “Go to Symbol in Workspace” feature now supports special characters in query. For example, use main#<\/code> in rust-analyzer searches for functions in current workspace only.<\/p>\n

It also reworked the Terminal IntelliSense default UX. Now, it needs to press Ctrl+Space to trigger quick suggestions and suggest on trigger characters when typing. And, an eye icon is added which can enable quick suggestions and suggest on trigger characters again.<\/p>\n

On Linux and macOS, it fixed the performance issue and potential crash when pasting more than 50 characters at once or having Copilot run a large command.<\/p>\n

Other changes in VS Code 1.108 include:<\/p>\n