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Connect Parallel Task to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Parallel Task’s 4 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Parallel Task 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 Parallel Task in Runlayer

    Add Parallel Task 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, Parallel Task’s 4 tools show up in VS Code’s own tool list (VS Code 1.103 or newer).

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  3. 3

    Sign in to Parallel Task

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

  4. 4

    Use Parallel Task from VS Code

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

Tools

4 Parallel Task tools in VS Code

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

  • Create deep research

    Creates a Deep Research task for comprehensive, single-topic research with citations.

  • Create Task group

    Batch data enrichment tool.

  • Get result markdown

    Get final task results as markdown.

  • Get status

    Lightweight status check (~50 tokens).

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 Parallel Task 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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