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Connect Apollo.io to Cline CLI

Give Cline CLI governed access to Apollo.io’s 99 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Apollo.io to Cline CLI in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Cline CLI then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Add Apollo.io to Runlayer

    Apollo.io isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.

    Adding a connector manually
  2. 2

    Connect Cline CLI to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Cline CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Cline CLI reaches Apollo.io’s 99 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Cline CLI setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Apollo.io

    Sign in the way Apollo.io requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Apollo.io from Cline CLI

    Apollo.io’s approved tools appear in Cline CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

99 Apollo.io tools in Cline CLI

Runlayer policy decides which of these Cline CLI users can call.

  • Create accounts bulk

    Create many accounts (companies) in one call.

  • Create accounts

    Use the Create an Account endpoint to add a new account to your team's Apollo account.

  • Update accounts

    Use the Update an Account endpoint to update existing accounts in your team's Apollo account.

  • Agent analyze performance

    "How is my team performing on outbound?" (synthesized narrative report)

  • Agent build lead scores

    "Build an account score for India-based EV / clean-energy companies."

  • Agent connect mailbox

    "Connect my Gmail / Outlook." | "Apply best-practice send settings."

  • Agent draft sequence copy

    "Draft a 6-step multichannel sequence (3 emails, 2 calls, 1 LinkedIn) for healthcare

  • Agent explain howto

    "How do I connect Apollo to Salesforce / reset my password?"

See all 99 Apollo.io tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Cline CLI

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Cline CLI exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Apollo.io call from Cline CLI passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Cline CLI as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Client hooks (available)

    Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.

  • Stop a call before it runs (available)

    Runlayer can deny a tool call before Cline CLI runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (not available)

    Cline CLI ignores Runlayer after a tool runs, so Runlayer cannot block its output. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

  • Redact output in place (not available)

    Runlayer cannot mask tool output in Cline CLI. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

In Cline CLI

  • If Runlayer’s hook times out or crashes, Cline CLI lets the tool call through.
  • This covers the Cline CLI, not the Cline extension for VS Code.

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