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Connect Asana to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Asana’s 39 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Asana to VS Code in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in VS Code then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Asana in Runlayer

    Add Asana from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 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, Asana’s 39 tools show up in VS Code’s own tool list (VS Code 1.103 or newer).

    VS Code setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Asana

    Each user signs in to Asana with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Asana from VS Code

    Asana’s approved tools appear in VS Code. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

39 Asana tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call.

  • Add comment

    Add a comment to a task.

  • Create project

    Create a new project with optional sections and tasks in a single operation.

  • Create project confirm

    DEPRECATED; DO NOT USE.

  • Create project confirm populate

    DEPRECATED; DO NOT USE.

  • Create project from template

    Create a project from a project template.

  • Create project preview v3

    Show a visual preview of a project structure before the project is created in Asana.

  • Create project status update

    Post a status update to a project or portfolio.

  • Create task confirm

    DEPRECATED; DO NOT USE.

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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 Asana 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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