Microsoft Visual Studio

Visual Studio Extensibility API

The Visual Studio Extensibility API enables developers to create extensions that customize and extend Visual Studio IDE functionality. Extensions can add custom tool windows, commands, code analyzers, project templates, debugger visualizers, and language services using the VSIX packaging format and MEF composition model.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: microsoft-visual-studio:extensibility-api
name: Visual Studio Extensibility API
tags:
- Developer Tools
- Extensions
- IDE
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/
properties:
- url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/
  type: Documentation
description: The Visual Studio Extensibility API enables developers to create extensions that customize
  and extend Visual Studio IDE functionality. Extensions can add custom tool windows, commands, code analyzers,
  project templates, debugger visualizers, and language services using the VSIX packaging format and MEF
  composition model.