VS Code
Agents and tools · Visual Studio Code
VS Code (Visual Studio Code) is a free, open-source code editor from Microsoft. Features are added with extensions, including AI agents: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, Cline. Cursor is built on top of it.
AI agents for VS Code
- GitHub Copilot · built into VS Code by Microsoft, with an agent mode and a free tier with limits.
- Claude Code · an extension from Anthropic: the same agent as in the terminal, on a Claude plan or pay-as-you-go API.
- Codex · an extension from OpenAI, included in ChatGPT plans.
- Cline · a free open-source extension: you plug in your own key for any model and pay only for the model.
- GigaCode · Sber’s agent with a VS Code extension.
- Cursor · a separate editor built on VS Code with a built-in agent; you install it instead of VS Code, and VS Code extensions work in it.