<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Skills on The Black Cloud</title><link>https://theblackcloud.tech/tags/skills/</link><description>Recent content in Skills on The Black Cloud</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright © 2026, The Black Cloud.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://theblackcloud.tech/tags/skills/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>VSCode Agent Plugins 1.0</title><link>https://theblackcloud.tech/blog/vscodeagentplugins1.0/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://theblackcloud.tech/blog/vscodeagentplugins1.0/</guid><description>&lt;p>VSCode now supports Agent Plugins 1.0!&lt;/p>
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&lt;h2 id="official-blog-post">Official blog post&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-12-agent-plugins-1-0-in-vs-code-copilot-cli-and-the-copilot-app/">Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="what-is-an-agent-plugin">What is an Agent Plugin?&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>From Microsoft&amp;rsquo;s blog:&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Agent Plugins 1.0 is an open standard that packages agent skills and MCP servers into one installable plugin that is governed independently of any single vendor.&lt;/p>&lt;/blockquote>
&lt;p>And yeah, it is a lot of words to say what Google&amp;rsquo;s blog summarised even better 🤣&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>