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Connect Atlassian to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Atlassian’s 96 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Atlassian 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 Atlassian in Runlayer

    Add Atlassian 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, Atlassian’s 96 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 Atlassian

    Sign in the way Atlassian requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Atlassian from VS Code

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

Tools

96 Atlassian tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call. 12 read data only and 1 can change or delete data.

  • Add comment to Jira issue

    Add or update a comment on a Jira issue

  • Add Confluence content permissions

    Adds one or more content-level permission grants to a single Confluence content entity.

  • Add Confluence reaction

    Add emoji reaction to Confluence content

  • Add connections to goals

    Add one type of connection to one or more Atlassian Goals.

  • Add connections to projects

    Add one type of connection to one or more Atlassian Projects.

  • Add Teamwork Graph context

    Adds a relationship between two entities in the Teamwork Graph (e.g. linking two Jira work items, marking one as blocking another, attaching a remote link, or connecting a Jira work item to an Atlas…

  • Add labels to Confluence content

    Add labels to any Confluence content (page, blogpost, attachment, custom content)

  • Add or edit Jira issue comment

    Add a comment to a Jira issue, or edit an existing one: omit commentId to add, or pass one from listJiraIssueComments to edit.

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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 Atlassian 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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