Scripts & Other

Table of Contents

1. Jupyter Notebook Details
2. Guided Argument Input for Scripts
3. Next Steps

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Tool	File Patterns	Notes
Shell Scripts	**/*.{sh,bash,zsh,fish,ps1,bat,cmd}	Executable scripts
Extensionless Shell Scripts	(no extension)	Shebang + executable bit required; opt-in only
Jupyter Notebook	**/*.ipynb	Notebook cells (discovery works without extension; execution requires Jupyter Extension)
Visual Studio Code Tasks	**/.vscode/tasks.json, user-level tasks.json	Native VS Code tasks
Workspace Tasks	.workspace-tasks.json	Custom task templates

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Jupyter Notebook Details

• Discovery: Notebook tasks are discovered from *.ipynb files even if the Jupyter extension is not currently available
• Requirements for execution: The Jupyter Extension must be installed and a Jupyter Server must be configured
• Notebooks appear as parent tasks with individual code cells as child tasks
• Click a task to open the notebook in VS Code’s notebook editor
• Execute individual cells or entire notebooks
• Real-time cell execution status via the Jupyter Extension UI

• Inline CodeLens actions are not supported for .ipynb notebook documents
• Notebook editor title action buttons from this extension are not supported for .ipynb files

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Guided Argument Input for Scripts

Python (.py), PowerShell (.ps1), and Node.js (.js/.mjs/.cjs) scripts support guided argument input — instead of typing a raw argument string, the extension parses the script’s parameter declarations and presents each parameter as an individual prompt (input box, QuickPick for choices, Yes/No for flags, etc.).

Enable it in your settings.json:

"workspaceTasks.task.guidedArgInput": true

See the per-language pages for full details:

• 🐍 Python Scripts — Guided Argument Input — argparse support, all action and nargs types
• 🐚 PowerShell Scripts — Guided Argument Input — param() block, [ValidateSet], [switch], [Mandatory]
• 🟢 Node.js Scripts — Guided Argument Input — argparse and parseArgs (node:util, @pkgjs/parseargs polyfill)

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Next Steps

• 🐍 Python Scripts — Guided Argument Input
• 🐚 PowerShell Scripts — Guided Argument Input
• 🟢 Node.js Scripts — Guided Argument Input
• Package Managers & Build Tools — npm, Yarn, pnpm, Bun, Composer, and more
• Task Runners — Gulp, Grunt, Cargo, Just, Make, mise
• DevOps & Containers — Docker, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions
• Custom Workspace Tasks — Define your own reusable task templates
• Configuration Reference — Full settings reference including task type toggles
• Enabling / Disabling Task Types — Control which task types are active

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Table of contents

• 🐍 Python Scripts
• 🟢 Node.js Scripts
• 🐚 PowerShell Scripts