Bring Your Own AI… No Sign‑In Required!

Visual Studio Code walks through VS Code’s flexible language model system so you can choose and configure an AI model provider without signing into Copilot.

Overview

The video explains how to take control of your AI coding setup in VS Code by:

• Adding native model providers (example: Anthropic)
• Configuring custom endpoints (bring-your-own endpoint/key)
• Enabling third-party integrations via extensions
• Running local models completely offline

Related docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/10/22/bring-your-own-key

Timeline

• 00:00 Introduction to AI-First VS Code
• 00:01:00 Managing Language Models and Custom Endpoints
• 00:04:00 Third-Party Extensions and Providers
• 00:05:00 Wrap-up