diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
index 1f7621defe93..26beb0c8be96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: generate schema
         run: make migrate gen-build
       - name: generate API clients
-        run: make gen-client-go gen-client-rust
+        run: make gen-clients
       - name: ensure schema is up-to-date
         run: git diff --exit-code -- schema.yml blueprints/schema.json packages/client-go packages/client-rust
   test-migrations:
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 2b5db327901f..9676ef0c1c4f 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -57,5 +57,11 @@
     "go.testEnvVars": {
         "WORKSPACE_DIR": "${workspaceFolder}"
     },
-    "github-actions.workflows.pinned.workflows": [".github/workflows/ci-main.yml"]
+    "github-actions.workflows.pinned.workflows": [".github/workflows/ci-main.yml"],
+    "search.exclude": {
+        "**/node_modules": true,
+        "**/bower_components": true,
+        "**/*.code-search": true,
+        "packages/client-*": true,
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b42a825c0cdd..f9b1d8955a61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -236,11 +236,15 @@ gen-client-py: gen-clean-py ## Build and install the authentik API for Python
 	cp ${PWD}/schema.yml ${PWD}/${GEN_API_PY}
 	make -C ${PWD}/${GEN_API_PY} build version=${NPM_VERSION}
 
+_gen-clients: gen-client-go gen-client-rust gen-client-ts
+gen-clients:  ## Build and install API clients used by authentik
+	$(MAKE) _gen-clients -j
+
+gen: gen-build gen-clients  ## Build and install API schema and clients used by authentik
+
 gen-dev-config:  ## Generate a local development config file
 	$(UV) run scripts/generate_config.py
 
-gen: gen-build gen-client-go gen-client-rust gen-client-ts
-
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