Microsoft Decouples AI Agents From the VS Code Editor in Latest Release

Microsoft’s VS Code 1.133 release decouples AI agent sessions from the editor by creating a standalone Agent Host using an open Agent Host Protocol (AHP), allowing sessions to persist independently and be accessed remotely or shared across multiple windows. This open protocol aims to establish a new interoperable AI agent infrastructure across development tools and IDEs.

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