# Visual Studio Code

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/visual-studio-code/  
**Website:** https://code.visualstudio.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 9.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 9.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **Visual Studio Code Extension API** — Programmatic TypeScript / JavaScript API for building VS Code extensions. The Extension API exposes editor UI, language features, debugging adapters, themes, webviews, source co...

## Security (1)

- **Visual Studio Code Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Tags

Code Editor, Developer Tools, IDE, Open-Source, Extension API, Microsoft

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/visual-studio-code/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.