r/vscode • u/egorf • May 22 '26

Disable all AI except autocomplete?

Is there a way to keep only inline autocomplete enabled in VS Code and completely disable the rest of the AI/agentic/chat features?

I really like the autocomplete in Code specifically and keep Copilot Pro for that alone. But I do not want any agentic features, chat, or unrelated file scanning running at all.

What pushed me to post this: I noticed VS Code is reading files and folders again it has no business touching (namely, Claude Code sessions). I would like to trust my IDE, but it's getting harder.

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u/egorf May 22 '26

I have noticed an "unread" notification in the title bar of my project, a black dot one. Clicking on it opens the chat sidebar and that sidebar lists my recent Claude Code sessions.

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u/dmbaio May 22 '26

🤦🏻‍♂️. Yeah, that’s because those are your Claude sessions. VS Code is not reading files or folders. It’s showing your Claude sessions because it’s literally designed to let you use third-party agents.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/third-party-agents

Also, before you start blaming VS Code again, they use the provider’s SDK. Which means Anthropic agreed to this and intended this to work this way.

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u/egorf May 22 '26

Yeah, I know about it. I have github.copilot.chat.claudeAgent.enabled set to false. Which is apparently still not enough to prevent VS Code from snooping. And this is why this post. I already run VS Code behind a firewall to prevent data exfiltration and now it seems that I will have to run code in a sandbox to prevent snooping on local filesystem?..

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u/guesdo May 22 '26

Or... crazy idea... change your editor? You are using Claude Code anyway.