[shipp02]

Is it better to programmatically interact with bash to provide the features VSCode does? Do note that I am unwilling to accept an implementation with less features/ease of use!

I can see how writing a custom agent that provides remote access to privileged API's is a bad idea but bash isn't exactly the most secure piece of software in the world.

[zelphirkalt]

Bash is not running though. You might get a Bash session once you connect via SSH, but it just sits there waiting for you to input commands, while the VS Code installed agent thing does network stuff on its own iiuc. Bash is not acting as a server, afaik.