So you can add custom tasks to VS Code, but more specifically, you can add tasks at the user level.
Above is a template you can use in your user template (Global)
To add it to VS Code, Open the Command Palette and search for “Tasks: Open User Tasks”. Then click “Other” if you haven’t setup tasks yet. Once the file opens, copy and paste the contents of the above file in the editor.
to run the task, open the command pallete and type task october:update (or whatever you need)