---
title: Getting started with the {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} for Visual Studio Code extension
shortTitle: Getting started
intro: 'The {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} extension for {% data variables.product.prodname_vscode %} makes it easy to run a query to find problems in codebases.'
product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.codeql %}'
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Advanced Security
  - Code scanning
  - CodeQL
children:
  - /about-codeql-for-vs-code
  - /installing-codeql-for-vs-code
  - /managing-codeql-databases
  - /running-codeql-queries
  - /exploring-data-flow-with-path-queries
  - /running-codeql-queries-at-scale-with-multi-repository-variant-analysis
---