{"slug": "visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions", "title": "Visual Studio Code 1.133 brings flexibility to Claude sessions", "summary": "Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.133 on August 12, adding flexibility to Anthropic Claude sessions by allowing users to mix Anthropic and Copilot providers between turns, and introducing an experimental setting to open the Agents window without GitHub sign-in. The update also includes auto-reload for HTML files in the integrated browser and a sticky scroll setting for chat prompts.", "body_md": "Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.133, an update to its code editor that brings more flexibility to Anthropic Claude sessions. The update also allows users to open the Agents window without signing in to GitHub.\n\nVS Code 1.133 was released [August 12](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_133#_open-the-agents-window-without-github-sign-in-experimental). It can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, and Mac from [code.visualstudio.com](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download?_exp_download=fb315fc982).\n\nWith VS Code 1.133, users now can mix Anthropic and Copilot providers in Claude sessions. Previously, a Claude session ran entirely through either a GitHub Copilot subscription or Claude’s existing configuration, such as an API key. Switching providers required reconfiguring the agent host. Now, the model picker displays both groups, so users can switch providers between turns. The model selected is used for the next turn. Models under Anthropic bill the API key, and models under Copilot use the Copilot subscription.\n\nA new experimental setting, `chat.agentHost.allowSignedOutWhenUsable`\n\n, allows the Agents window to be opened without requiring GitHub sign-in. Previously, the Agents window opened with a GitHub sign-in prompt that could not be dismissed, blocking users whose machine could not reach github.com and users who do not interact with GitHub. Enabling this setting associates GitHub authentication with individual agents or models instead of the Agents window. In this release, this behavior only supports Claude. Support for Copilot with the user’s own model keys and Codex is planned for future releases.\n\nVS Code 1.133 also brings auto-reload to HTML files opened in the integrated browser, refreshing them automatically when the file changes on disk. Developers can toggle automatic reload for individual browser tabs and configure the default with the `workbench.browser.autoReloadOnFileChange`\n\nsetting.\n\nMicrosoft also introduced a setting to enable sticky scroll for prompts in the chat window. The `chat.stickyScroll.enabled`\n\nsetting allows users to pin prompts to the top of the chat, similar to sticky scroll in the editor. Users then can select the pin to jump back to the prompt, or use the previous and next buttons beside it to step through prompts.\n\nVS Code 1.133 follows [VS Code 1.132](https://www.infoworld.com/article/4205750/visual-studio-code-1-132-advances-built-in-dictation.html), released August 5.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions", "canonical_source": "https://www.infoworld.com/article/4208799/visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions.html", "published_at": "2026-08-13 17:37:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 17:40:50.646961+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Visual Studio Code", "Anthropic", "GitHub", "Copilot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/visual-studio-code-1-133-brings-flexibility-to-claude-sessions.jsonld"}}