# Making agents practical for real-world development

DevFeed: [Making agents practical for real-world development](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/making-agents-practical-for-real-world-development-4047.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/03/05/making-agents-practical-for-real-world-development>)

Author: VS Code Team

Published: 2026-03-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Visual Studio Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-studio-code.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Agent Skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skills.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>)

Tags: [agent-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-skills.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

The February 2026 Visual Studio Code release (1.110) makes coding agents more practical for real-world development by improving control, context management, memory, browser-tool integration, and agent skills. It handles large outputs through temporary-file streaming, keeps terminal results collapsible, preserves agent memory across coding, CLI, and code review workflows, and compacts older session history while retaining key decisions.

## Source excerpt

Explore agent orchestration, extensibility, and continuity in VS Code 1.110: lifecycle hooks, agent skills, session memory, and integrated browser tools. Read the full article