How to run multiple commands within a single task in VSCode?

Question

I want to make a custom configuration step for a custom build system. It looks like:

binary1 arg1 arg2 …
binary2 arg3 arg4 …
<internal vscode command from other extension>

I want to bind this to a single shortcut, and the tasks mechanism looks like a suitable solution. But I can't figure out how to express my intention in a proper task json format.

How to do that?

Or maybe there is a better approach to my problem than using tasks.

Answer 1

VSCode features Compound Tasks.

You define the steps of your build process as separate tasks and then reference them from the compound task.