docs: document chatAgents, languageModelChatProviders, and languageModelTools contribution points#9969
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…ools contribution points Adds three missing entries to the Contribution Points reference page: - `chatAgents`: contributes .agent.md custom agent files from extensions - `languageModelChatProviders`: contributes custom language model providers - `languageModelTools`: contributes language model tools invokable by agents Each entry includes a description, JSON example, and properties table. Closes microsoft#9968 Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Summary
Resolved #9968. Three contribution points existed in VS Code but were missing from the Contribution Points reference page:
chatAgents— never documented anywhere; contributes.agent.mdcustom agent files from an extensionlanguageModelChatProviders— documented only in the extension guide, not the referencelanguageModelTools— documented only in the extension guide, not the referenceEach new entry follows the established pattern used by the adjacent
chatInstructions,chatSkills, andchatPromptFilesentries: a short description, a JSON example, and a properties table. The twolanguageModel*entries also include a cross-link back to their respective extension guides.Changes
api/references/contribution-points.mdchatAgents,languageModelChatProviders, andlanguageModelToolsto the TOC (alphabetically ordered)## contributes.chatAgentssection (aftercontributes.breakpoints)## contributes.languageModelChatProviderssection (betweencontributes.languagesandcontributes.menus)## contributes.languageModelToolssection (aftercontributes.languageModelChatProviders)Test plan
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