Using Workbench-managed Credentials

Enhanced Advanced

Any Command Line Interface (CLI) or code can make use of the credentials selected before starting the session. Examples of CLI and code implementations are available for their respective providers adjacent to the Managed Credentials section of the user guide.

Official Positron Pro extensions are available for some providers. Their compatibility with Workbench-managed credentials is listed below (as of Workbench version 2026.04.0). This is subject to change at the discretion of the extension providers.

Overview of supported official extensions for Positron Pro
Provider	Managed Creds	Compatible¹	Extension ID
AWS	✅	❌	amazonwebservices.aws-toolkit-vscode
Azure	❌	❌	ms-azuretools.vscode-azureresourcegroups
Databricks	✅	✅	databricks.databricks
Snowflake	✅	✅	snowflake.snowflake-vsc

For custom OAuth integrations, the Posit Workbench extension also provides an Available Credentials view in the Activity Bar sidebar, where you can manage authentication and generate code snippets without leaving your editor. See Custom OAuth Integrations for details.

Footnotes

Compatible extensions automatically detect and use managed credentials provided by Posit Workbench. If extensions are not directly compatible with Posit Workbench managed credentials, users must sign in separately via the extension.↩︎