PowerShell/vscode-powershell

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The official Visual Studio Code extension providing rich PowerShell language support, including IntelliSense, syntax highlighting, and debugging. It acts as the LSP client that pairs with the PowerShellEditorServices server.

Use cases

• write and debug PowerShell scripts in VS Code
• get IntelliSense and autocomplete for PowerShell cmdlets
• lint PowerShell scripts with PSScriptAnalyzer
• navigate to definitions and find references in PowerShell code
• run selected PowerShell code in the integrated terminal
• get an ISE-like experience in VS Code

When to choose

• you develop PowerShell modules, scripts, or DSC configurations in VS Code
• you want debugging, IntelliSense, and code navigation for PowerShell
• you want an ISE replacement with a familiar theme and mode

When to avoid

• you use a different editor without VS Code extension support (though the underlying server also serves Emacs/Vim)
• you only need to run occasional PowerShell one-liners from a terminal

Facets

plugin · maturity active

editor linter sdk developer-tools text-editors programming-languages editor-plugin cross-platform windows vscode-extension powershell language-server-protocol intellisense debugging syntax-highlighting debugger linux macos

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