Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS, and the web, built on the MIT-licensed Code - OSS project and distinguished by features such as IntelliSense, debugging, integrated Git, and a marketplace with tens of thousands of extensions. VS Code is not a SaaS REST API; instead, developers extend the editor through the Extension API, a TypeScript / JavaScript programmatic interface that exposes nearly every aspect of the editor for customization. This index points to the Extension API documentation and surrounding developer resources.

Visual Studio Code publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Code Editor, Developer Tools, IDE, Open-Source, and Extension API.

Visual Studio Code’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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9.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

1 APIs

Code Editor Developer Tools IDE Open-SourceExtension APIMicrosoft

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Composite quality — 9.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 1

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Documentation 1

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Documentation

Documentation

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GitHub

GitHub

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

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Issue Tracker

Issue Tracker

Company 3

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LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

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Download

Download

Marketplace

Marketplace

Source (apis.yml)

aid: visual-studio-code
name: Visual Studio Code
description: Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux,
  macOS, and the web, built on the MIT-licensed Code - OSS project and distinguished by features such as IntelliSense, debugging,
  integrated Git, and a marketplace with tens of thousands of extensions. VS Code is not a SaaS REST API; instead, developers
  extend the editor through the Extension API, a TypeScript / JavaScript programmatic interface that exposes nearly every
  aspect of the editor for customization. This index points to the Extension API documentation and surrounding developer resources.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/visual-studio-code.png
tags:
- Code Editor
- Developer Tools
- IDE
- Open-Source
- Extension API
- Microsoft
tags_raw:
- Code Editor
- Developer Tools
- IDE
- Open Source
- Extension API
- Microsoft
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/visual-studio-code/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: visual-studio-code:extension-api
  name: Visual Studio Code Extension API
  description: Programmatic TypeScript / JavaScript API for building VS Code extensions. The Extension API exposes editor
    UI, language features, debugging adapters, themes, webviews, source control providers, tasks, and more. It is not a REST
    API and has no base URL or authentication scheme; extensions run inside the VS Code process and are distributed through
    the Visual Studio Marketplace.
  humanURL: https://code.visualstudio.com/api
  tags:
  - Extension API
  - Editor Customization
  - Language Server
  - Debug Adapter
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/get-started/your-first-extension
  - type: Marketplace
    url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/visual-studio-code-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/vs-code
- type: Website
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
- type: Download
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
- type: Marketplace
  url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode
- type: Issue Tracker
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues
- type: Blog
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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