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Connect Nimble to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Nimble’s 27 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Nimble 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 Nimble in Runlayer

    Add Nimble 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, Nimble’s 27 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 Nimble

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

  4. 4

    Use Nimble from VS Code

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

Tools

27 Nimble tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call. 16 read data only and 5 can change or delete data.

  • Nimble crawl run

    Nimble Crawl: one-time bulk fetch of a known doc tree or URL list.

  • Nimble crawl status

    Check the status and progress of a running or completed crawl job.

  • Nimble crawl list

    List crawl jobs, optionally filtered by status.

  • Nimble crawl terminate

    Cancel a running or queued crawl job.

  • List extraction templates

    Browse Extraction Templates — reusable, site-specific structured scrapers.

  • Get extraction template

    Get an Extraction Template's input/output schema before running it.

  • Run extraction template

    Run an Extraction Template against 1–few known items (URL or site ID).

  • Generate extraction template

    Generate a new Extraction Template — only when the user explicitly asks to.

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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 Nimble 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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