Microsoft announced two related updates for Visual Studio: support for bringing your own model (BYOM) to Copilot Chat and general availability of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) client in the IDE.

Anthropic has announced nine interactive app integrations for Claude, including Slack, Figma, and Asana, allowing users to work inside connected tools without switching tabs.

Figma integrated Anthropic's Claude AI into FigJam on Jan. 26, enabling teams to generate editable diagrams from prompts, ...

Microsoft has declared general availability for MCP (model context protocol) servers in Visual Studio, likely to be the second most popular IDE after Visual Studio Code and with wide enterprise use.… ...

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Microsoft's free source code editor Visual Studio Code has some new features to offer in version 1.102. The June release brings additional functions for the AI-based GitHub Copilot Chat, general ...

However, approach with caution: MCP servers are increasingly becoming a new way to hijack systems or launch cyberattacks, research shows. Microsoft has added Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to ...