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Connect Microsoft Learn to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Microsoft Learn’s 3 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Microsoft Learn 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 Microsoft Learn in Runlayer

    Add Microsoft Learn 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, Microsoft Learn’s 3 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 Microsoft Learn

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

  4. 4

    Use Microsoft Learn from VS Code

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

Tools

3 Microsoft Learn tools in VS Code

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

  • Code sample search

    Search for code snippets in official Microsoft Learn documentation.

  • Docs fetch

    Fetch complete content from a Microsoft documentation page and convert to markdown.

  • Docs search

    Search official Microsoft/Azure documentation to find the most relevant and trustworthy content for a user's query.

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 Microsoft Learn 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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