Use when the user wants to run the vscode.dev server locally and exercise the VS Code workbench or Agents window in the integrated browser against the local `microsoft/vscode` sources. Covers starting the dev server, the `vscode-quality=dev` URL, browser-driven interaction patterns, and optionally wiring up a local mock agent host for the Agents window.
Install
npx skills add microsoft/vscode --skill vscode-dev-workbenchnpx skills add microsoft/vscode --skill vscode-dev-workbench -a claude-code -gnpx skills add microsoft/vscode --skill vscode-dev-workbench -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/vscode.git --path .github/skills/vscode-dev-workbenchgh skill install microsoft/vscode vscode-dev-workbenchgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode /tmp/microsoft__vscode
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__vscode/.github/skills/vscode-dev-workbench ~/.claude/skills/vscode-dev-workbench # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__vscode/.github/skills/vscode-dev-workbench ~/.agents/skills/vscode-dev-workbench # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode