diff --git a/.bin/gitops b/.bin/gitops
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..998fbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bin/gitops
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ssh -F /dev/null \
+  -o HostName=10.88.0.1 \
+  -o Port=22 \
+  -o User=infilytics \
+  -o IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_ed25519 \
+  -o ProxyCommand=none \
+  gitops -- "$@"
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 8bd163e..a3d5b0e 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -2,70 +2,121 @@
   "version": "2.0.0",
   "tasks": [
     {
-      "label": "Build workspace image",
+      "label": "GitOps(Build): base image",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build-workspace.sh",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops build base",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "build base image using buildah"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Build): workspace image",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops build workspace",
       "group": "build",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "detail": "build podman image using buildah"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Clean dangling images",
+      "label": "GitOps: Clean dangling images",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "${workspaceFolder}/.bin/clean_dangling_images.sh",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops clean",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "detail": "Clean podman images"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Tag image",
+      "label": "Gitops(Update): build-base.sh",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "podman tag localhost/analytics-backend-workspace:latest localhost:5100/analytics-backend-workspace:latest",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update base",
+      "group": "build",
       "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Tag podman image to localhost 5100"
+      "detail": "Copy build-base.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin/"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Push image",
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): build-workspace.sh",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "podman push --tls-verify=false localhost:5100/analytics-backend-workspace:latest",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update workspace",
+      "group": "build",
       "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Push podman image to localhost 5100"
+      "detail": "Copy build-workspace.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin/"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Copy ssh_router.sh",
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): ssh_router.sh",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "sudo cp ssh_router.sh /home/infilytics/ && sudo chown -R infilytics:infilytics /home/infilytics/ssh_router.sh",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update ssh_router",
+      "group": "build",
       "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Copy ssh_router.sh to /home/infilytics"
+      "detail": "Copy ssh_router.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin/"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Copy access.yml",
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): access.yml",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "sudo cp access.yml /home/infilytics/ && sudo chown -R infilytics:infilytics /home/infilytics/access.yml",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update access",
+      "group": "build",
       "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Copy access.yml to /home/infilytics"
+      "detail": "Copy access.yml to /home/infilytics/"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): gitops_router.sh",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update gitops_router",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "Copy gitops_router.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): home.tar.gz",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update home_tar",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "Copy home.tar.gz to /home/infilytics/"
     },
     {
       "label": "Create home tarball",
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "${workspaceFolder}/.bin/create-home-tarball.sh",
+      "group": "build",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "detail": "create home.tar.gz from .config .local .ssh start.sh"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Start a tmux test session",
+      "label": "Test: start tmux session",
       "type": "shell",
-      "group": "test",
       "command": "${workspaceFolder}/.bin/test-tmux.sh",
+      "group": "test",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "detail": "run tmux with project room as home"
     },
     {
-      "label": "Delete .gitignore files",
+      "label": "GitOps: Show image status",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops status",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "run podman images on remote"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps: Remove workspace container",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops remove ${input:container} -f",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "run podman rm $args on remote"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Cleanup worktree",
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "git clean -Xfd",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "detail": "delete all untracked files listed in .gitignore"
     }
   ],
-  "inputs": []
+  "inputs": [
+    {
+      "id": "container",
+      "type": "pickString",
+      "description": "Pick a container",
+      "options": ["pallav", "palak", "param", "darshan"],
+      "default": "pallav"
+    }
+  ]
 }