Playwright MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that exposes Playwright's browser capabilities to AI agents, enabling them to open pages, click, type, inspect accessibility snapshots, and capture sc…
A solo developer who started coding with AI assistance realized that AI cannot replace genuine understanding, as code often failed when run. The developer learned that open source success requires not…
A developer building Chauffeur, a local Windows tool for snapshotting and restoring desktop state, deliberately implemented two plugin models: in-process C++ shared libraries for performance and out-o…
Microsoft faced backlash after VS Code 1.117 silently added 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' to all commit messages by default, even when AI had not generated code. The company reverted the change and apolog…
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model, which benchmarks over 10% better than Opus 4.8 on coding tasks and features a 1M context window and deep MCP integration for multi-agen…
A developer has outlined a practical method for vetting VS Code extensions before installation, emphasizing that extensions run with full access to sensitive files like `.env` and SSH keys. The proces…
A developer has published a proof-of-concept attack script that tests whether the kickbacks.ai backend can detect multi-window saturation fraud. The script, called "attack-real.mjs," spawns parallel w…
Eight days after the Miasma worm injected a 4.3 MB credential stealer into public GitHub repositories, 123 repositories across 56 accounts still carry the live dropper on 665 branches, according to a …
GitHub Copilot CLI now supports Language Server Protocol (LSP) integration through a new LSP Setup skill, replacing the agent's previous brute-force method of extracting JAR files and grepping through…
In May 2026, two supply-chain attacks targeted AI coding tools including Claude Code and Cursor, with one malicious VS Code extension stealing npm, AWS, GitHub, and SSH credentials from 6,000 develope…
GitHub Copilot experienced degraded availability for the Claude Opus 4.7 model across Copilot Chat, VS Code, and other Copilot products on June 8 due to an issue with an upstream model provider. The i…
GitHub deprecated the GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex models across most Copilot experiences on June 5, 2026, including Copilot Chat, inline edits, and code completions. The company recommended GPT-5.5 and …
Kilo Code has reintroduced codebase indexing for semantic code search, requiring users to configure an embedding provider and vector store before enabling the feature. The indexing system parses code …
A single unsigned commit to the `icflorescu/mantine-datatable` repository added six files, five of which serve as launchers that execute a 4.3 MB dropper at `.github/setup.js`. The dropper, obfuscated…
A developer built Basilisk, an open-source Python language server and type checker written in Rust that enforces strict type annotations by default. The tool was created after the developer found Pyla…
AI coding agents are now using developer tools like SDKs, CLIs, and APIs, but they interact with them differently than human developers, often without the tool creator's visibility into how the agent …
A new tool called Local MCP (LMCP) gives AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to desktop apps including Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Teams, Outlook, and Excel — all running locall…
GitHub deprecated GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex across most Copilot experiences on June 5, 2026, with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex as suggested replacements. The models remain available for Copilot code revi…
GitHub has launched a public preview of enterprise-managed plugins for VS Code, allowing administrators to configure and distribute plugins to users across their enterprise. The feature, supported in …
The owner of the Mantine-datatable repository and four others had their GitHub account suspended after unauthorized commits injected malicious payloads into configuration files for VS Code, Cursor, an…