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Connect Greenhouse to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Greenhouse’s 156 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Greenhouse 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

    Add Greenhouse to Runlayer

    Greenhouse isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.

    Adding a connector manually
  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, Greenhouse’s 156 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 Greenhouse

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

  4. 4

    Use Greenhouse from VS Code

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

Tools

156 Greenhouse tools in VS Code

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

  • Activate user

    Reactivate a previously deactivated user so they can sign in to Greenhouse and be assigned to new jobs again.

  • Add candidate note

    Create a candidate note, log an email, or record an activity-feed entry on a candidate.

  • Bulk activate users

    Reactivate up to the bulk-endpoint cap of users in a single request.

  • Bulk create blocked spam sources

    Adds multiple blocked spam sources in a single request, typically used to sync the blocklist from an external security tool.

  • Bulk create candidates

    Asynchronously create many candidate profiles in a single call, typically for HRIS sync workflows that create a batch of candidates at once.

  • Bulk create custom field options

    Asynchronously add many options at once, typically for HRIS sync workflows that replace or extend a dropdown's option set in a single pass.

  • Bulk create jobs

    Asynchronously create many jobs in a single call, typically for HRIS sync workflows that open a batch of requisitions at once.

  • Bulk create openings

    Asynchronously add many openings across one or more jobs in a single call, typically for HRIS sync workflows that open or extend headcount on a batch of requisitions.

See all 156 Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse 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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