Adding an Enterprise Policy

Choose the policy destination by where the governed behavior is implemented, not by which team requested it. Most controls for Copilot agent behavior belong in the SDK/runtime rather than VS Code.

flowchart TD
	A[Enterprise control] --> P{Existing permission policy<br/>introduced before VS Code 1.133.0?}
	P -->|Yes| L[Pre-1.133 compatibility migration]
	P -->|No| B{Where is the governed behavior implemented?}

	B -->|Copilot runtime, tools, MCP,<br/>sandbox, or agent loop| R[SDK/runtime managed setting]
	B -->|VS Code editor or workbench| V[VS Code configuration policy]
	B -->|Extension-provided setting| E[Extension policy]
	B -->|Independent runtime and editor behavior| M[Split runtime/editor control]

Follow the matching guide: