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Connect Lever to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Lever’s 13 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Lever 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 Lever in Runlayer

    Add Lever 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, Lever’s 13 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 Lever

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

  4. 4

    Use Lever from VS Code

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

Tools

13 Lever tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call. 8 read data only and 1 can change or delete data.

  • List opportunities

    List opportunities (candidates) in Lever with optional filters.

  • Get opportunity

    Get detailed information about a specific opportunity (candidate) by ID.

  • Update stage

    Move a candidate to a different pipeline stage.

  • Archive opportunity

    Archive a candidate with a specific reason.

  • Add tags

    Add tags to an opportunity (candidate).

  • Remove tags

    Remove tags from an opportunity (candidate).

  • List postings

    List job postings in Lever with optional filters.

  • Get posting

    Get detailed information about a specific job posting by ID.

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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 Lever 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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