# Giving Agents a Visual Voice: MCP Apps Support in VS Code

DevFeed: [Giving Agents a Visual Voice: MCP Apps Support in VS Code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/giving-agents-a-visual-voice-mcp-apps-support-in-vs-code-4041.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/01/26/mcp-apps-support>)

Author: Harald Kirschner, Connor Peet

Published: 2026-01-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/visual-studio-code-code-editing-redefined.md>)

Topics: [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [Visual Studio Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-studio-code.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [forms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/forms.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visualization.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs-code.md>)

## AI overview

VS Code supports MCP Apps, allowing AI coding agents to return interactive UI components such as dashboards, forms, visualizations, and multi-step workflows directly in conversations. The article demonstrates how these interfaces improve collaboration through visual list reordering, interactive performance profiling, and feature flag selection.

## Source excerpt

VS Code now supports MCP Apps, enabling AI agents to display interactive UIs for richer developer workflows. Read the full article