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Run multiple tools at the same time for faster agent execution.

Until now, agents ran tools one after another — generate, run tool, generate, run tool — adding latency to complex tasks and sometimes requiring extra turns to finish a job.

With Parallel Tool Calls, your agent can now execute multiple tools in one response, returning results faster and reducing overall wait time. Turns with Parallel Tool Calls run at least 2x faster than before, often more.

How it works

When the agent needs to run several tools, it will:

• Finish generating its plan
• Run tools 1 through n
• Return results in a single response

No configuration needed — the agent automatically decides when to call tools in parallel.

Use cases

• Tasklist updates run in the background without slowing down your turn
• Multi-file reads or edits complete in one step instead of many
• Faster codebase exploration with minimal latency

Availability

Available in VS Code v0.545.1+ and JetBrains v0.283.0+.