Connect Adobe Marketo Engage to VS Code
Give VS Code governed access to Adobe Marketo Engage’s 118 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Adobe Marketo Engage to VS Code in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in VS Code then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Add Adobe Marketo Engage to Runlayer
Adobe Marketo Engage isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.
Adding a connector manually - 2
Connect VS Code to Runlayer
Runlayer’s CLI installs the Runlayer Plugin natively in VS Code; users can also add it over MCP. With direct tool listing turned on for your deployment, Adobe Marketo Engage’s 118 tools show up in VS Code’s own tool list (VS Code 1.103 or newer).
VS Code setup guide - 3
Sign in to Adobe Marketo Engage
Sign in the way Adobe Marketo Engage requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Adobe Marketo Engage from VS Code
Adobe Marketo Engage’s approved tools appear in VS Code. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
118 Adobe Marketo Engage tools in VS Code
Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call.
Activate smart campaign
Activate a smart campaign to start processing leads.
Add field set
Add a field set (field group) to a form.
Add field to form
Add a new field to a form.
Add field visibility rule
Add visibility rules to a form field.
Add flow step
Add a flow step to a smart campaign at the specified index.
Add flow step choice
Add a conditional choice branch to an existing flow step, so the step can do different things for different leads ("if the lead is in California send email A, otherwise send email B").
Add leads to list
Add existing leads to a static list (list membership).
Add rich text field
Add a rich text element to a form.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in VS Code
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what VS Code exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Adobe Marketo Engage call from VS Code passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, VS Code as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Client hooks (available)
Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.
Stop a call before it runs (available)
Runlayer can deny a tool call before VS Code runs it.
Block output after it runs (available)
Runlayer can block a tool’s output before VS Code’s model sees it.
Redact output in place (available)
Runlayer can mask sensitive parts of a tool’s output in VS Code and pass the rest through.
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