Changelog

July 8, 2025

JetBrains 0.244.1 Release Notes

User Interface & Experience
  • Chat History Navigation: Added up/down navigation buttons and keyboard shortcuts (Cmd/Ctrl + ↑/↓) to navigate between conversation messages for improved chat browsing experience
  • Redesigned History View: Updated History interface with tabbed navigation for better organization
  • MCP Setup Improvements: Streamlined MCP server configuration by combining remote MCP buttons and expanding MCP install section by default
Developer Experience
  • MCP Tools: Enabled MCP tools display in settings panel with individual tool visibility and server name mapping
Bug Fixes
  • Copy Response Fix: Resolved issue where copy response functionality only copied the last chat response block instead of entire history
  • Guidelines Chip: Fixed disappearing guidelines chip in the user interface
  • Sound Effects: Corrected sound effects to stop playing when agent conversation is cancelled or user is not in debug features

July 8, 2025

Introducing Augment Rules

Introducing Augment Rules

Augment Rules are instruction files that guide your AI agent's behavior, giving you granular control over how your AI agent behaves and responds to your specific needs. These rules help the agent understand your preferences, coding standards, project requirements, and specific workflows.

Getting Started

Create rules files in the .augment/rules folder in your project directory. You can name these files whatever you'd like and organize them however makes sense for your workflow. For example:

.augment/
└── rules/
├── coding-standards.md
├── project-guidelines.md
└── review-checklist.md
Three Ways to Use Rules
  1. Always - Rules are attached to every query automatically
  2. Manual - You manually select which rules to include for each query
  3. Auto - Describe what the rules does, and the agent will intelligently fetch relevant rules
Key Features
  • Smart Rule Selection: With Agent Requested mode, simply describe your task and the agent will automatically determine which rules are most relevant to include in the context.
  • Easy Migration: Already using rules from other tools? We support automatic import from competitors' rules and guidelines folders, making migration seamless.
  • Multiple Access Points: Find Rules settings in the settings panel or create a .augment/rules folder to get started immediately
Migration Notice

If you're currently using .augment-guidelines.md, don't worry! Your existing setup will continue to work exactly as before. However, we encourage migrating to the new Rules system for enhanced flexibility and organization.

July 7, 2025

VS Code 0.496.1 Release Notes

Improvements
  • Added a hotkey for toggling between chat and agent modes
  • Improved chat stream reliability
  • Added a button to copy the request ID on user messages
  • Don't show the terminal automatically when running commands
  • Show individual MCP tools in the settings page
  • Removed chat history size warning dialog
  • Redesigned History view
  • Added error notifications when attempting to attach unsupported file types
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue with scrolling in the chat window
  • Fixed an issue where the guidelines chip disappeared