diff --git a/engine.code-workspace b/engine.code-workspace
index ae76943d85172..96023ecbf0a43 100644
--- a/engine.code-workspace
+++ b/engine.code-workspace
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Don't edit directly, see //tools/vscode_workspace for a script
+// that can refresh this from yaml.
 {
   "folders": [
     {
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@
     "C_Cpp.default.includePath": [
       "${default}",
       "${workspaceFolder}/..",
-      "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "${workspaceFolder}"
     ],
     "dotnet.defaultSolution": "disable",
     "dart.showTodos": false,
@@ -144,6 +146,32 @@
             "--enable_playground"
           ]
         }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "display_list_unittests_arm64",
+        "pattern": "../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/display_list_unittests",
+        "runTask": {
+          "before": [
+            "display_list_unittests_arm64"
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "impeller_golden_tests_arm64",
+        "pattern": "../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_golden_tests",
+        "runTask": {
+          "before": [
+            "impeller_golden_tests_arm64"
+          ]
+        },
+        "gtest": {
+          "prependTestRunningArgs": [
+            "--working_dir=~/Desktop"
+          ],
+          "prependTestListingArgs": [
+            "--working_dir=~/Desktop"
+          ]
+        }
       }
     ],
     "testMate.cpp.debug.configTemplate": {
@@ -161,7 +189,7 @@
             "text": "settings set target.source-map \"flutter/\" \"${workspaceFolder}\"",
             "ignoreFailures": false
           }
-        ],
+        ]
       },
       "win32": {
         "type": "cppvsdbg"
@@ -171,7 +199,7 @@
       "cwd": "${cwd}",
       "env": "${envObj}",
       "environment": "${envObjArray}",
-      "sourceFileMap": "${sourceFileMapObj}",
+      "sourceFileMap": "${sourceFileMapObj}"
     }
   },
   "tasks": {
@@ -195,44 +223,137 @@
         ],
         "presentation": {
           "echo": true,
-          "reveal": "always",
+          "reveal": "silent",
           "focus": false,
           "panel": "shared",
           "clear": true
         },
         "group": {
-          "kind": "build",
+          "kind": "build"
         }
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "shell",
+        "command": "./flutter/bin/et",
+        "options": {
+          "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/.."
+        },
+        "problemMatcher": [
+          "$gcc"
+        ],
+        "presentation": {
+          "echo": true,
+          "reveal": "silent",
+          "focus": false,
+          "panel": "shared",
+          "clear": true
+        },
+        "group": {
+          "kind": "build"
+        },
+        "label": "display_list_unittests_arm64",
+        "args": [
+          "build",
+          "-c",
+          "host_debug_unopt_arm64",
+          "//flutter/display_list:display_list_unittests"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "shell",
+        "command": "./flutter/bin/et",
+        "options": {
+          "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/.."
+        },
+        "problemMatcher": [
+          "$gcc"
+        ],
+        "presentation": {
+          "echo": true,
+          "reveal": "silent",
+          "focus": false,
+          "panel": "shared",
+          "clear": true
+        },
+        "group": {
+          "kind": "build"
+        },
+        "label": "impeller_golden_tests_arm64",
+        "args": [
+          "build",
+          "-c",
+          "host_debug_unopt_arm64",
+          "//flutter/impeller/golden_tests:impeller_golden_tests"
+        ]
       }
     ]
   },
   "extensions": {
     "recommendations": [
-      // C++ TestMate
       "matepek.vscode-catch2-test-adapter",
-      // Uses github-styled markdown preview, which supports more features than the default markdown preview.
       "bierner.github-markdown-preview",
-      // Flutter and Dart extensions.
       "Dart-Code.dart-code",
-      // Supports C/C++ in the engine.
-      // See https://github.com/flutter/engine/blob/main/docs/contributing/Setting-up-the-Engine-development-environment.md#vscode-with-cc-intellisense-cc
       "llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd",
-      // Auto-formats C/C++ code.
-      // https://github.com/flutter/engine/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#cc
-      "xaver.clang-format",
+      "xaver.clang-format"
     ]
   },
   "launch": {
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
       {
-        "name": "impeller_unittests_arm64",
+        "name": "display_list_unittests_arm64",
         "type": "cppdbg",
         "request": "launch",
+        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/display_list_unittests",
+        "stopAtEntry": false,
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64",
+        "environment": [],
+        "externalConsole": false,
+        "MIMode": "lldb",
+        "setupCommands": [
+          {
+            "description": "Enable pretty-printing for lldb",
+            "text": "settings set target.pretty-printing true",
+            "ignoreFailures": true
+          },
+          {
+            "description": "Source map",
+            "text": "settings set target.source-map \"flutter/\" \"${workspaceFolder}\"",
+            "ignoreFailures": false
+          }
+        ],
+        "preLaunchTask": "display_list_unittests_arm64"
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "cppdbg",
+        "request": "launch",
+        "stopAtEntry": false,
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64",
+        "environment": [],
+        "externalConsole": false,
+        "MIMode": "lldb",
+        "setupCommands": [
+          {
+            "description": "Enable pretty-printing for lldb",
+            "text": "settings set target.pretty-printing true",
+            "ignoreFailures": true
+          },
+          {
+            "description": "Source map",
+            "text": "settings set target.source-map \"flutter/\" \"${workspaceFolder}\"",
+            "ignoreFailures": false
+          }
+        ],
+        "name": "impeller_unittests_arm64",
         "program": "${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_unittests",
         "args": [
-          "--enable_playground",
+          "--enable_playground"
         ],
+        "preLaunchTask": "impeller_unittests_arm64"
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "cppdbg",
+        "request": "launch",
         "stopAtEntry": false,
         "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64",
         "environment": [],
@@ -250,9 +371,14 @@
             "ignoreFailures": false
           }
         ],
-        "preLaunchTask": "impeller_unittests_arm64",
+        "name": "impeller_golden_tests_arm64",
+        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_golden_tests",
+        "args": [
+          "--working_dir=~/Desktop"
+        ],
+        "preLaunchTask": "impeller_golden_tests_arm64"
       }
     ],
     "compounds": []
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tools/vscode_workspace/README.md b/tools/vscode_workspace/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b2820611fe7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vscode_workspace/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# VSCode Workspace
+
+This is the tools and the template used for updating //engine.code-workspace.
+
+VSCode uses a custom version of JSONC for their config files, those config files
+don't provide any mechanism for reducing redundancy. Since the engine has a lot
+of test targets, without that mechanism it can get very unwieldy. YAML does
+however support ways to reduce redundancy, namely anchors.
+
+## Updating //engine.code-workspace
+
+```sh
+./refresh.sh
+```
+
+## Backporting //engine.code-workspace
+
+If something is accidentally introduced into //engine.code-workspace without editing
+the YAML file here there are tools that can be used to more easily fix that.
+
+```sh
+./merge.sh
+```
+
+Since JSON doesn't support anchors some work may be needed to resolve any
+conflicts that happen when merging. These aren't necessary to use the VSCode
+workspace, just to edit them.
+
+## Requirements
+
+The `refresh.sh` and `merge.sh` tools require certain tools to be present on
+your PATH. They can be installed on macos with homebrew.
+
+- `json5` - A variant of JSON that is a superset of the JSON variant that VSCode
+  uses. It's used to strip away comments and trailing commas.
+- `yq` - This is a tool for manipulating yaml files. It can convert back and
+  forth from YAML to YAML and merge YAML files.
diff --git a/tools/vscode_workspace/engine-workspace.yaml b/tools/vscode_workspace/engine-workspace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d1f7cd698eb46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vscode_workspace/engine-workspace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+folders:
+  - path: .
+settings:
+  files.associations:
+    optional: cpp
+    __bit_reference: cpp
+    __bits: cpp
+    __config: cpp
+    __debug: cpp
+    __errc: cpp
+    __hash_table: cpp
+    __locale: cpp
+    __mutex_base: cpp
+    __node_handle: cpp
+    __nullptr: cpp
+    __split_buffer: cpp
+    __string: cpp
+    __threading_support: cpp
+    __tree: cpp
+    __tuple: cpp
+    any: cpp
+    array: cpp
+    atomic: cpp
+    bitset: cpp
+    cctype: cpp
+    chrono: cpp
+    cinttypes: cpp
+    clocale: cpp
+    cmath: cpp
+    codecvt: cpp
+    compare: cpp
+    complex: cpp
+    concepts: cpp
+    condition_variable: cpp
+    csignal: cpp
+    cstdarg: cpp
+    cstddef: cpp
+    cstdint: cpp
+    cstdio: cpp
+    cstdlib: cpp
+    cstring: cpp
+    ctime: cpp
+    cwchar: cpp
+    cwctype: cpp
+    deque: cpp
+    exception: cpp
+    forward_list: cpp
+    fstream: cpp
+    future: cpp
+    initializer_list: cpp
+    iomanip: cpp
+    ios: cpp
+    iosfwd: cpp
+    iostream: cpp
+    istream: cpp
+    limits: cpp
+    list: cpp
+    locale: cpp
+    map: cpp
+    memory: cpp
+    mutex: cpp
+    new: cpp
+    numeric: cpp
+    ostream: cpp
+    queue: cpp
+    random: cpp
+    ratio: cpp
+    regex: cpp
+    set: cpp
+    span: cpp
+    sstream: cpp
+    stack: cpp
+    stdexcept: cpp
+    streambuf: cpp
+    string: cpp
+    string_view: cpp
+    strstream: cpp
+    system_error: cpp
+    tuple: cpp
+    type_traits: cpp
+    typeinfo: cpp
+    unordered_map: cpp
+    unordered_set: cpp
+    valarray: cpp
+    variant: cpp
+    vector: cpp
+    algorithm: cpp
+    filesystem: cpp
+    memory_resource: cpp
+    bit: cpp
+    charconv: cpp
+    format: cpp
+    functional: cpp
+    iterator: cpp
+    utility: cpp
+    __assert: cpp
+    '*.inc': cpp
+    __verbose_abort: cpp
+    '*.def': cpp
+    '*.hpp11': cpp
+    __functional_base: cpp
+    shared_mutex: cpp
+    coroutine: cpp
+    hash_map: cpp
+    hash_set: cpp
+    thread: cpp
+    propagate_const: cpp
+    '*.gen': cpp
+    simd: cpp
+    barrier: cpp
+    cuchar: cpp
+    latch: cpp
+    numbers: cpp
+    scoped_allocator: cpp
+    semaphore: cpp
+    typeindex: cpp
+    __std_stream: cpp
+    '*.ipp': cpp
+    csetjmp: cpp
+    cfenv: cpp
+  C_Cpp.default.includePath:
+    - ${default}
+    - ${workspaceFolder}/..
+    - ${workspaceFolder}
+  dotnet.defaultSolution: disable
+  dart.showTodos: false
+  testMate.cpp.test.advancedExecutables:
+    - name: impeller_unittests_arm64
+      pattern: ../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_unittests
+      runTask:
+        before:
+          - impeller_unittests_arm64
+      gtest:
+        prependTestRunningArgs:
+          - --enable_playground
+    - name: display_list_unittests_arm64
+      pattern: ../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/display_list_unittests
+      runTask:
+        before:
+          - display_list_unittests_arm64
+    - name: impeller_golden_tests_arm64
+      pattern: ../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_golden_tests
+      runTask:
+        before:
+          - impeller_golden_tests_arm64
+      gtest:
+        prependTestRunningArgs:
+          - &golden-workspace --working_dir=~/Desktop
+        prependTestListingArgs:
+          - *golden-workspace
+  testMate.cpp.debug.configTemplate:
+    type: cppvsdbg
+    linux:
+      type: cppdbg
+      MIMode: gdb
+    darwin:
+      type: cppdbg
+      MIMode: lldb
+      setupCommands:
+        - description: Source map
+          text: &source-map-cmd settings set target.source-map "flutter/" "${workspaceFolder}"
+          ignoreFailures: false
+    win32:
+      type: cppvsdbg
+    program: ${exec}
+    args: ${argsArray}
+    cwd: ${cwd}
+    env: ${envObj}
+    environment: ${envObjArray}
+    sourceFileMap: ${sourceFileMapObj}
+tasks:
+  version: 2.0.0
+  tasks:
+    - &et-task
+      label: impeller_unittests_arm64
+      type: shell
+      command: &et-cmd ./flutter/bin/et
+      args:
+        - build
+        - -c
+        - host_debug_unopt_arm64
+        - //flutter/impeller:impeller_unittests
+      options:
+        cwd: ${workspaceFolder}/..
+      problemMatcher:
+        - $gcc
+      presentation:
+        echo: true
+        reveal: silent
+        focus: false
+        panel: shared
+        clear: true
+      group:
+        kind: build
+    - <<: *et-task
+      label: display_list_unittests_arm64
+      args:
+        - build
+        - -c
+        - host_debug_unopt_arm64
+        - //flutter/display_list:display_list_unittests
+    - <<: *et-task
+      label: impeller_golden_tests_arm64
+      args:
+        - build
+        - -c
+        - host_debug_unopt_arm64
+        - //flutter/impeller/golden_tests:impeller_golden_tests
+    - <<: *et-task
+      label: ios_debug_unopt_arm64
+      args:
+        - build
+        - -c
+        - host_debug_unopt_arm64
+        - "&&"
+        - *et-cmd
+        - build
+        - -c
+        - ios_debug_unopt
+extensions:
+  recommendations:
+    # C++ TestMate
+    - matepek.vscode-catch2-test-adapter
+    # Uses github-styled markdown preview, which supports more features than the default markdown preview.
+    - bierner.github-markdown-preview
+    # Flutter and Dart extensions.
+    - Dart-Code.dart-code
+    # Supports C/C++ in the engine.
+    # See https://github.com/flutter/engine/blob/main/docs/contributing/Setting-up-the-Engine-development-environment.md#vscode-with-cc-intellisense-cc
+    - llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd
+    # Auto-formats C/C++ code.
+    # https://github.com/flutter/engine/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#cc
+    - xaver.clang-format
+launch:
+  version: 0.2.0
+  configurations:
+    - &launch
+      name: display_list_unittests_arm64
+      type: cppdbg
+      request: launch
+      program: ${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/display_list_unittests
+      stopAtEntry: false
+      cwd: ${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64
+      environment: []
+      externalConsole: false
+      MIMode: lldb
+      setupCommands:
+        - description: Enable pretty-printing for lldb
+          text: settings set target.pretty-printing true
+          ignoreFailures: true
+        - description: Source map
+          text: *source-map-cmd
+          ignoreFailures: false
+      preLaunchTask: display_list_unittests_arm64
+    - <<: *launch
+      name: impeller_unittests_arm64
+      program: ${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_unittests
+      args:
+        - --enable_playground
+      preLaunchTask: impeller_unittests_arm64
+    - <<: *launch
+      name: impeller_golden_tests_arm64
+      program: ${workspaceFolder}/../out/host_debug_unopt_arm64/impeller_golden_tests
+      args:
+        - *golden-workspace
+      preLaunchTask: impeller_golden_tests_arm64
+  compounds: []
diff --git a/tools/vscode_workspace/merge.sh b/tools/vscode_workspace/merge.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..70f8d4b0ac539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vscode_workspace/merge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+WORKSPACE=../../engine.code-workspace
+cleaned_temp_file=$(mktemp)
+json5 "$WORKSPACE" -s 2 -o "$cleaned_temp_file"
+yaml_temp_file=$(mktemp)
+yq eval -P "$cleaned_temp_file" > "$yaml_temp_file"
+merged_temp_file=$(mktemp)
+yq eval-all 'select(fileIndex == 0) * select(fileIndex == 1)' \
+  "$yaml_temp_file" engine-workspace.yaml > "$merged_temp_file" && \
+  mv "$merged_temp_file" engine-workspace.yaml
+rm "$yaml_temp_file"
+rm "$cleaned_temp_file"
diff --git a/tools/vscode_workspace/refresh.sh b/tools/vscode_workspace/refresh.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..45b5756a173d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vscode_workspace/refresh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+WORKSPACE=../../engine.code-workspace
+# json5 "$WORKSPACE" -s 2 -o engine.code-workspace
+# yq eval -P engine.code-workspace > engine-workspace.yaml
+yq eval -o=json engine-workspace.yaml > "$WORKSPACE"
+temp_file=$(mktemp)
+{ echo "// Don't edit directly, see //tools/vscode_workspace for a script"; echo "// that can refresh this from yaml."; cat "$WORKSPACE"; } > "$temp_file" && mv "$temp_file" "$WORKSPACE"