Also in VS Code 1.112, agents can now read image files from disk and binary files natively. This allows developers to use agents for a wider variety of tasks, such as analyzing screenshots, reading data from binary files, and more. Binary files are presented to the agent in a hexdump format.
VS Code 1.111, meanwhile, emphasizes agent capabilities. With this release, developers gained a benefit in agent troubleshooting. To help them understand and troubleshoot agent behavior, developers now can attach a snapshot of agent debug events as context in chat by using #debugEventsSnapshot. This can be used to ask the agent about loaded customizations, token consumption, or to troubleshoot agent behavior. Developers also can select the sparkle chat icon in the top-right corner of the Agent Debug panel to add the debug events snapshot as an attachment to the chat composer. Selecting the attachment opens the Agent Debug panel logs, filtered to the timestamp when the snapshot was taken.
Also in the agent vein, VS Code 1.111 adds a new permissions picker in the Chat view for controlling how much autonomy the agent has. The permission level applies only to the current session. Developers can change it at any time during a session by selecting a different level from the permissions picker.
