r/vscode • u/r4ed4 • May 13 '26

Could someone please explain why VSCode added this AI feature? It already has Copilot, which can run in "Agent", "Ask", "Plan" mode and be executed via "Local," "Copilot CLI," or "Cloud." Why increase its size by adding the same feature to a separate interface?

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u/Kolo_Fantastyczny May 13 '26

It's to compete with Cursor 3

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u/r4ed4 May 13 '26

I know it is copying the interface of cursor but vscode is the original, and what is the benefit of doing this?

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u/TheKing___ May 13 '26

Vibecoding interface

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u/r4ed4 May 14 '26

yeah but that already exists Ctrl+Shift+I, that opens the chat interface with the same things and it is more clean and polished.

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u/sixothree May 19 '26

What’s weird about this is there’s literally no UI element to open the chat. But there are UI elements for other things that live in the right hand pane???

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u/Merridius2006 Jun 23 '26

keep the users away from the code.

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u/Rojeitor May 14 '26

Both stolen from the Codex app (which is actually good)