I noticed that I have many extensions installed that I don't even know what they are and when they are installed, e.g. isort, jupiter cell tags etc.

I only installed python and jupyter notebooks myself. Those others seem to be installed later without my knowledge.

Does vscode install extensions automatically somehow?

CodePudding user response：

The Python and Jupyter extensions you installed are extension packs. They include isort and Jupyter Cell Tags (as well as others).

You can see for yourself.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python:

The Python extension will automatically install the Pylance, Jupyter and isort extensions to give you the best experience when working with Python files and Jupyter notebooks.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-toolsai.jupyter:

The Jupyter Extension will automatically install the following extensions by default to provide enhanced Jupyter notebook experiences in VS Code.

• Jupyter Keymap - to provide Jupyter-consistent keymaps
• Jupyter Notebook Renderers - to provide renderers for MIME types such as latex, plotly, vega, etc.
• Jupyter Cell Tags and Jupyter Slide Show - to provide the ability to tag cells in notebooks and support for presentations

I do vaguely remember reading somewhere that some of the functionality that is now in-built / out-of-box in VS Code used to be part of separate extensions, but I don't remember where I read that, so that might just be my brain making things up.