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Connect Ashby ATS to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Ashby ATS’s 16 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Ashby ATS 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 Ashby ATS in Runlayer

    Add Ashby ATS 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, Ashby ATS’s 16 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 Ashby ATS

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

  4. 4

    Use Ashby ATS from VS Code

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

Tools

16 Ashby ATS tools in VS Code

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

  • Add note to candidate

    Add a note to a candidate's profile.

  • Change application stage

    Move an application to a different interview stage.

  • Consider candidate for job

    Create a new application for a candidate on a specific job.

  • Create candidate

    Create a new candidate record in Ashby with a name and optional contact information.

  • Describe object fields

    Look up filterable fields for a given object type.

  • Filter records

    Filter records of a given object type using a structured JSON filter.

  • Get candidate

    Fetch details about one or more candidates.

  • Get interview details

    Get a detailed interview briefing for a specific Ashby interview event.

See all 16 Ashby ATS tools

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 Ashby ATS 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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