Chat agent mode (redirected)
This page no longer exists as a standalone article.
- Requested URL:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/chat-agent-mode - Final redirect target:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/chat/chat-overview— “Use chat in VS Code”
The redirect target is identical to staging item #3, so its content lives in a single file rather than being duplicated:
- Content file:
./chat-overview.md
Where the old “agent mode” content went
Section titled “Where the old “agent mode” content went”The 2026 docs restructure retired /docs/copilot/... and split the former agent-mode article across these successor pages:
| Topic | New location |
|---|---|
What agents do, enabling agents, chat.agent.enabled |
/docs/agents/overview — staged as ./agents-overview.md |
| Chat mechanics (sending requests, context, reviewing changes) | /docs/chat/chat-overview — staged as ./chat-overview.md |
| Tool approvals and permission levels | /docs/agents/run/approvals |
| Using tools in an agent session | /docs/agents/run/tools |
| Agent harness selection (Copilot / Claude / Codex / Local / cloud) | /docs/agents/run/agent-harnesses |
| Trust, safety, sandboxing | /docs/agents/concepts/trust-and-safety |
| Reviewing and reverting AI edits, checkpoints | /docs/agents/run/review-code-edits |
| Organization/enterprise policy control of AI features | /docs/enterprise/ai-settings, /docs/enterprise/policies |
| Settings reference (all AI settings) | /docs/agents/reference/ai-settings |
Key gating fact carried over verbatim
Section titled “Key gating fact carried over verbatim”From /docs/agents/overview, the “Get started” section:
Note
Make sure agents are enabled in VS Code settings (
chat.agent.enabled[ORG]). If your organization has disabled agents, contact your GitHub organization admin.
The chat.agent.enabled setting rendered on the live page with the org-managed badge: “This setting can be managed by your organization. Contact your administrator to change it.” — normalized here to [ORG].