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title: "VS Code Agent Plugins"
description: "All 2,765 verified Agent Plugins install in VS Code. A conformant plugin names no client, so anything that validates against the 1.0.0 schema loads wherever the standard is supported. What is specific to VS Code is that "
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/install/vscode
last-updated: 2026-09-21
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# VS Code Agent Plugins

All 2,765 verified Agent Plugins install in VS Code. A conformant plugin names no client, so anything that validates against the 1.0.0 schema loads wherever the standard is supported. What is specific to VS Code is that it accepts three sources — the Extensions view, a Git URL, and a local path — and also picks up whatever GitHub Copilot CLI has already installed.

## Start here

These are the ten most-starred repositories publishing verified Agent Plugins, one row each so a single bundle publisher cannot fill the table. Every one of them installs in VS Code — the catalogue is identical for all six clients, which is the point of a portable format. The [full directory](/) carries all 2,765, filterable by category, skills and MCP servers.

| Plugin | Publisher | Skills | MCP | Stars |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [worldmonitor](/plugins/worldmonitor) | `koala73` | 25 | 2 | 87,129 |
| [context7](/plugins/context7--upstash) | `upstash` | 1 | 1 | 62,267 |
| [chrome-devtools](/plugins/chrome-devtools--chromedevtools) | `ChromeDevTools` | 7 | 1 | 52,414 |
| [agentic-bundle-aas-accessibility-inclusive-ux](/plugins/agentic-bundle-aas-accessibility-inclusive-ux) (+36) | `sickn33` | 308 | 0 | 46,689 |
| [scientific-agent-skills](/plugins/scientific-agent-skills) | `K-Dense-AI` | 166 | 0 | 45,870 |
| [daisyui](/plugins/daisyui) | `saadeghi` | 1 | 0 | 42,441 |
| [openviking](/plugins/openviking) | `volcengine` | 3 | 1 | 38,289 |
| [diffusers](/plugins/diffusers) | `huggingface` | 4 | 0 | 34,555 |
| [aihawk](/plugins/aihawk) | `feder-cr` | 1 | 1 | 31,614 |
| [pascal-agent-skills](/plugins/pascal-agent-skills) | `pascalorg` | 2 | 1 | 24,180 |

## Install from a marketplace

Microsoft documents two entry points, both in [Agent plugins in VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/agent-customization/agent-plugins).

From the Extensions view:

1. Open Extensions with `⇧⌘X` on macOS or `Ctrl+Shift+X` on Windows and Linux.
2. Search `@agentPlugins`.
3. Select **Install**.

From the Agent Customizations editor:

1. Run **Chat: Open Customizations**, or select the gear icon in the Chat view.
2. Open the **Plugins** tab.
3. Select **Browse Marketplace**, then **Install**.

Installed plugins appear under the **Agent Plugins - Installed** view, reachable through **More Actions** > **Views** > **Agent Plugins**.

## Install from a Git repository

Run **Chat: Install Plugin From Source**, or select **Install Plugin from Source** in the Agent Customizations editor, then enter a Git repository URL. Microsoft's example is `https://github.com/rwoll/markdown-review`. VS Code clones the repository and installs the plugin from it.

This is the route that matters for anything in this directory, since most listed plugins live in a public GitHub repository rather than a marketplace.

## Install from a local folder

Register a path through the `chat.pluginLocations` setting, which maps plugin paths to a true or false state. VS Code also picks up anything Copilot CLI has already installed under `~/.copilot/installed-plugins/`, so plugins added with `copilot plugin install` show up in the editor alongside marketplace installs.

## What VS Code supports from the spec

VS Code validates packages declaring `"$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json"` and loads the two portable component types:

- **Skills**, described in the docs as "Instructions, scripts, and resources that load on-demand"
- **MCP servers** for external tool integrations, over stdio, Streamable HTTP, and legacy HTTP+SSE according to the spec's [compatible clients page](https://agent-plugins.org/compatible-clients)

Custom agents, slash commands, and hooks are client-specific and get ignored inside an Agent Plugins 1.0 package. VS Code separately reads its own Copilot-format `plugin.json` and the Claude-format `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, so a repository can carry more than one manifest and still work here.

Plugins need `chat.plugins.enabled` set to `true`. It defaults to true and organizations can manage it centrally, which is the first thing to check when a plugin installs but never appears.

## Three verified plugins to try

Every plugin below was confirmed by fetching its `plugin.json` and validating it against the official 1.0.0 schema. The format is portable, so these load in any compatible client.

- **agentic-bundle-aas-web-app-builder** ([sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills](https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills), 44,651 repo stars) bundles 10 skills for web application work.
- **agentic-bundle-aas-qa-test-automation** (same repository) bundles 10 skills covering QA and test automation, which pairs with VS Code's debug cycle.
- **agentic-bundle-aas-accessibility-inclusive-ux** (same repository) bundles 8 skills for accessibility and inclusive UX.

None of the three declares an `mcp.json`, so nothing runs a local process when you install them.

## Troubleshooting

The VS Code docs give four fixes worth knowing:

- Confirm `chat.plugins.enabled` is `true`.
- Skill names must be plain kebab-case with no namespace prefixes.
- A skill's directory name must match the `name` field in its `SKILL.md` YAML frontmatter, or the skill is skipped while the rest of the plugin loads.
- If installation fails with "destination path already exists", clear the cache at `~/Library/Application Support/Code/agentPlugins/` on macOS. Bump `version` in `plugin.json` before re-pushing a plugin you are developing.

agentpluginsdirectory.com is the verified directory of Agent Plugins, the open plugin standard from OpenAI, Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, and Vercel (agent-plugins.org) supported by ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Kiro. Every listing is verified by fetching its plugin.json manifest and checking it against the official 1.0.0 schema.

Plugin counts verified on 2026-08-08. Install steps verified against Microsoft's documentation on 2026-08-07.

Next: the [install hub](/install) for the other five clients, [GitHub Copilot](/install/copilot) if you also use the CLI, the [full plugin directory](/), or [how to build an Agent Plugin](/build).