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Welcome to the Visual Studio Debug Adapter Host wiki!

If you already have a debug adapter that works in VS Code and you want to bring it into Visual Studio, we recommend:

Start with "Quickly Testing a Debug Adapter in Visual Studio".

Common issues you might encounter at this stage:
- Debug adapter depends on other VS Code functionality (such as code in an extension) to launch the process to be debugged.
- Debug adapter sends values for enumerated fields (such as the reason field on the stopped event) that do not match known values.
Next, follow the steps in "Packaging a VS Code Debug Adapter For Use in VS".
Finally, consider improving the experience for users in Visual Studio by implementing some of the items in "New functionality supported by the Visual Studio Debug Adapter Host".

These features are simple to implement in many debug adapters and greatly improve the Visual Studio experience:

If you run into problems along the way, be sure to look at the Logging page for information on troubleshooting.