Agent mode tools in VS Code

Agent mode can invoke tools to help accomplish a user's request - but what exactly does that mean? In this video, we'll go over what agent mode tools are and how they can be provided in VS Code.

00:00 Intro
00:16 What are tools?
00:42 Built in tools
01:24 Tools from extensions - Prompt Boost
02:25 MCP tools - Perplexity MCP server

🔗 Links:
Agent mode blogpost: code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/04/07/agentMode
Prompt Boost extension: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisd…
Language Model Tool API docs: code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/tools
MCP demo repo: github.com/digitarald/mcp-frontend-starter