AI tool official ide-native
Risk level
low
10/100

VS Code ↗

VS Code is an officially published AI tool from Microsoft. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

Analysis summary

VS Code is an officially published AI tool from Microsoft. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

Code editor with GitHub Copilot, MCP servers, and AI extensions

Why this entry scored 10 out of 100

This profile starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50. Because the entry is officially published, trust adjusts the score by -40. The entry declares no high-risk capabilities on its own, so capabilities add nothing. It matches no dangerous capability combinations. The clamped result is 10, placing it in the low band.

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Findings

  • Published by the vendor Trust offset
    Contribution to score: -40

Configuration surface

Files this AI tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

  • vscode-user-settings global jsonc
    User settings
    • win32${APPDATA}\Code\User\settings.json
    • darwin${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json
    • linux${HOME}/.config/Code/User/settings.json
  • vscode-user-mcp global json
    User-level MCP servers
    • win32${APPDATA}\Code\User\mcp.json
    • darwin${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Code/User/mcp.json
    • linux${HOME}/.config/Code/User/mcp.json
  • vscode-project-mcp project json
    Project-level MCP servers
    • win32${PROJECT}\.vscode\mcp.json
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.vscode/mcp.json
    • linux${PROJECT}/.vscode/mcp.json
  • vscode-project-settings project jsonc
    Project workspace settings
    • win32${PROJECT}\.vscode\settings.json
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.vscode/settings.json
    • linux${PROJECT}/.vscode/settings.json
  • vscode-copilot-instructions project markdown
    GitHub Copilot custom instructions
    • win32${PROJECT}\.github\copilot-instructions.md
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.github/copilot-instructions.md
    • linux${PROJECT}/.github/copilot-instructions.md
  • vscode-extension-manifest global json
    Installed VS Code extension manifests
  • vscode-copilot-instructions-glob project markdown-frontmatter
    GitHub Copilot per-file/per-language instructions (.github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md)
  • vscode-copilot-chatmodes project markdown-frontmatter
    GitHub Copilot custom chat modes (.github/chatmodes/*.chatmode.md)
  • vscode-copilot-prompts project markdown-frontmatter
    GitHub Copilot saved prompt files (.github/prompts/*.prompt.md)
  • vscode-project-tasks project jsonc
    Workspace tasks (auto-run shell commands + env vars)
    • win32${PROJECT}\.vscode\tasks.json
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.vscode/tasks.json
    • linux${PROJECT}/.vscode/tasks.json
  • vscode-project-launch project jsonc
    Workspace debugger launch configurations (env vars)
    • win32${PROJECT}\.vscode\launch.json
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.vscode/launch.json
    • linux${PROJECT}/.vscode/launch.json
  • vscode-profile-settings global jsonc
    Per-profile user settings (multi-profile installs)
  • vscode-profile-mcp global json
    Per-profile MCP servers (multi-profile installs)
  • vscode-project-agents-md project markdown
    Repository-level AGENTS.md (cross-tool agent rules read by Copilot)
    • win32${PROJECT}\AGENTS.md
    • darwin${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md
    • linux${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md