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Building agent memory for VS Code with Harald Kirschner

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Oct 13, 2025
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Harald joins James to talk through customizing chat, agents, and GitHub Copilot with custom instructions, prompts, and modes. We go deeper int new proposed APIs that pulls them together to create agents and how Harald implement agent memory and shipped it as an extension! Episode Links Customize chat and agents - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/overview Custom instructions - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/custom-instructions Prompt Files - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/prompt-files Chat Agent Modes - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/custom-chat-modes Agent memory extension - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=digitarald.agent-memory Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1833924784 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S2fExHkmbfQwwYw4a56yQ - Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bd5f1efc-cdae-49c8-8ec7-c9b48b00ce46/vs-code-insiders-podcast - Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id6720052?country=us - Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1833924784/vs-code-insiders-podcast - Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/itunes/1833924784 - and more: https://www.vscodepodcast.com/subscribe Follow VS Code: * X: https://x.com/code * Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev * LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/VSCode/LinkedIn * GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode #vscode #ai #agentmode #githubcopilot

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