diff --git a/.vscode/config.sh b/.vscode/config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b45c794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}"; )" &> /dev/null && pwd 2> /dev/null; )";
+# printf "${SCRIPT_DIR}\n"
+# printf "$(dirname $0)\n"
+if ! [[ -e "${SCRIPT_DIR}/settings.json" ]]; then 
+     printf '.vscode/settings.json does not exist. Creating it with default settings. Exiting afterwards. Run your task again.\n\n'
+     cp "${SCRIPT_DIR}/defsettings.json" "${SCRIPT_DIR}/settings.json"
+     exit 1
+else
+    printf '.vscode/settings.json does exist. Congrats.\n'
+    printf 'Make sure to change settings.json to match your deck.\n'
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/defsettings.json b/.vscode/defsettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7360735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/defsettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "deckip"    : "0.0.0.0",
+    "deckport"  : "22",
+    "deckpass"  : "ssap",
+    "deckkey"   : "-i ${env:HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa",
+    "deckdir"   : "/home/deck"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 87c0637..e113a47 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 {
     "version": "2.0.0",
     "tasks": [
+        // OTHER
+        {
+            "label": "checkforsettings",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "group": "none",
+            "detail": "Check that settings.json has been created",
+            "command": "bash -c ${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.sh",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
+        // DEPLOY
+        {
+            "label": "createfolders",
+            "detail": "Create plugins folder in expected directory",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "group": "none",
+            "dependsOn": [
+                "checkforsettings"
+            ],
+            "command": "ssh deck@${config:deckip} -p ${config:deckport} ${config:deckkey} 'mkdir -p ${config:deckdir}/homebrew/dev/pluginloader && mkdir -p ${config:deckdir}/homebrew/dev/plugins'",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "deploy",
+            "detail": "Deploy dev plugin to deck",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "group": "none",
+            "dependsOn": [
+                "createfolders"
+            ],
+            "command": "rsync -azp --rsh='ssh -p ${config:deckport} ${config:deckkey}' --exclude='.git/' --exclude='.github/' --exclude='.vscode/' --exclude='node_modules/' --exclude='dist/' --exclude=`src/` --exclude=`assets/` --exclude='*.log' --exclude='.gitignore' . deck@${config:deckip}:${config:deckdir}/homebrew/dev/plugins/${workspaceFolderBasename}}",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
         // BUILD
         {
             "label": "pnpmsetup",
@@ -9,6 +41,7 @@
             "detail": "Setup pnpm",
             "command": "pnpm i",
             "problemMatcher": []
+            "${workspaceFolderBasename}"
         },
         {
             "label": "updatefrontendlib",