Visual Studio 2022

At a glance

What Visual Studio 2022 does

Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Deep debugging, Profiling, IntelliCode, Live Share, Test Explorer, NuGet

Best for

Enterprise .NET, C++, and game development with deep debugging and profiling

Works well with

Conflicts & caveats

• Continue.dev only supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Cursor built-in only runs inside the Cursor editor — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Cline only supports VS Code and JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Windsurf Cascade only runs inside Windsurf — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Amazon Q Developer does not officially support Visual Studio 2022 — use VS Code or JetBrains.
• JetBrains AI Assistant only runs inside JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Qodo officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Supermaven only supports VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Zed — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Roo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Kilo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Zed Agent only runs inside the Zed editor — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Augment Code officially supports VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, and Neovim — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• OpenCode is a terminal-first CLI; running it inside Visual Studio 2022 works but the experience is in the embedded terminal.
• Amp (Sourcegraph) officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022. Use the CLI version otherwise.
• Cursor CLI works in any terminal but needs an active Cursor subscription — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022, which is fine but the cost is tied to Cursor.
• @codebase indexing is a Cursor-only feature, but your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
• Cursor Background Agents are dispatched from Cursor (desktop or mobile) — your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.