Tasks ------ Standard shell based task:: { "label": "make", "type": "shell", "command": "make", "args": [ "-j4", "html" ], "problemMatcher": [], } Define the default build task (executed with ``ctrl+maj+b``), add this to the task definition:: "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true } Task dependencies to run another task before:: "dependsOn": [ "make" ], Load a python venv automatically before all tasks:: { "linux": { "options": { "shell": { "executable": "bash", "args": [ "--init-file", "venv/bin/activate", "-ci", ] } }, }, "tasks": [ ... ] }