We’re excited to announce the June 2025 release of the Python, Pylance and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code!
This release includes the following announcements:
- Python chat tools
- Language Server based terminal suggest in the Python REPL
- Create Project from a template in the Python Environments extension
- PyEnv and Poetry support in the Python Environments extension
- Controlled rollout of the Python Environments extension
If you’re interested, you can check the full list of improvements in our changelogs for the Python, Jupyter and Pylance extensions.
Python chat tools
The Python extension now includes the following chat tools: “Get information for a Python Environment”, “Get executable information for a Python Environment”, “Install Python Package” and “Configure Python Environment”. You can either directly reference them in your prompt by adding #getPythonEnvironmentInfo and #installPythonPackage, or agent mode will automatically call the tool as applicable based on your prompt. These tools seamlessly detect appropriate environment information, based on file or workspace context, and handle package installation with accurate environment resolution.
The “Configure Python Environment” tool ensures that the Python environment is set up correctly for the workspace. This includes creating a virtual environment if needed, and selecting it as the active Python environment for your workspace.
Tools that were previously introduced in the Python Environments extension (preview) have been migrated to the Python extension, thereby making these tools available to all users with the Python extension installed.
Language Server based terminal suggest in the Python REPL
Language server completions are now available in the terminal for interactive Python REPL sessions. This brings the same language completions you receive in the editor, now inside the terminal making terminal interactions more efficient.
To try it out, ensure the following settings are enabled:
setting(terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled:true)setting(python.terminal.shellIntegration.enabled:true)setting(terminal.integrated.suggest.enabled:true)setting(python.analysis.supportAllPythonDocuments:true)
Create Project from a template in the Python Environments extension
The Python Environments extension (preview) now supports project creation for Python packages and basic scripts, allowing you to bypass scaffolding and get coding more quickly. Use the Python Envs: Create Project from Template command in the Command Palette to select whether you want to create a package or a script and let the command handle the rest!
For package creation, you can expect to name the package, create a virtual environment, and receive a scaffolded project which includes a tests subfolder, pyproject.toml, dev-requirements.txt, and boilerplate __main__.py and __init__.py files.
For scripts, a new Python file with the name of your choice and boilerplate code will be created.
PyEnv and Poetry support in the Python Environments extension
We added support for pyenv for environment management, and poetry for both package and environment management in the Python Environments extension. This ensures you can manage pyenv and poetry environments as your normally would in the support UI contributed by the Python Environments extension. When pyenv or poetry are installed on your machine, they will appear as support environment managers in the Python panel accessed in the Activity Bar.
