Unlocking VS Code's Agent Mode Tools: Boost Your Productivity 🚀
Discover how Agent Mode tools in VS Code can streamline your workflow and help you accomplish tasks more efficiently. Watch this video to learn what they are and how to use them effectively!
Visual Studio Code
72.2K views • May 2, 2025
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Agent mode can invoke tools to help accomplish a user's request - but what exactly does that mean? In this video, we'll go over what agent mode tools are and how they can be provided in VS Code.
00:00 Intro
00:16 What are tools?
00:42 Built in tools
01:24 Tools from extensions - Prompt Boost
02:25 MCP tools - Perplexity MCP server
🔗 Links:
Agent mode blogpost: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/04/07/agentMode
Prompt Boost extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisdias.promptboost
Language Model Tool API docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/tools
MCP demo repo: https://github.com/digitarald/mcp-frontend-starter
00:00 Intro
00:16 What are tools?
00:42 Built in tools
01:24 Tools from extensions - Prompt Boost
02:25 MCP tools - Perplexity MCP server
🔗 Links:
Agent mode blogpost: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/04/07/agentMode
Prompt Boost extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisdias.promptboost
Language Model Tool API docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/tools
MCP demo repo: https://github.com/digitarald/mcp-frontend-starter
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