Microsoft has introduced the final launch of Visible Studio 2022 model 17.14, an replace of the corporate’s flagship built-in improvement atmosphere (IDE) that provides assist for agent mode and different AI-assisted improvement options from GitHub Copilot.
Launched Might 13, Visible Studio 2022 model 17.14 might be downloaded from visualstudio.microsoft.com. The 17.14 launch previews GitHub Copilot agent mode to “supercharge” the AI-assisted improvement expertise, Microsoft stated. With agent mode, builders chat with Visible Studio utilizing pure language to instruct it to finish multi-step, advanced coding duties autonomously. The agent understands the code base and might repair errors, counsel and execute terminal instructions, and analyze runtime errors till a process is full, Microsoft stated. Agent mode is accessible in public preview for all customers of Visible Studio 17.14.
Visible Studio 17.14 additionally provides Subsequent Edit Strategies (NES), whereby GitHub Copilot predicts the subsequent edit within the present file based mostly on earlier edits, and AI-powered doc remark era for C++ and C# capabilities. The discharge additionally provides assist for Mannequin Context Protocol (MCP), additionally preview. An open-source protocol created by Anthropic, MCP offers the GitHub Copilot agent with structured entry to information, instruments, and assets.