Connect Microsoft 365 User Profile to Cline CLI
Give Cline CLI governed access to Microsoft 365 User Profile’s 5 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft 365 User Profile to Cline CLI in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Cline CLI then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Microsoft 365 User Profile in Runlayer
Add Microsoft 365 User Profile from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 2
Connect Cline CLI to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Cline CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Cline CLI reaches Microsoft 365 User Profile’s 5 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Cline CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft 365 User Profile
Each user signs in to Microsoft 365 User Profile with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Microsoft 365 User Profile from Cline CLI
Microsoft 365 User Profile’s approved tools appear in Cline CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
5 Microsoft 365 User Profile tools in Cline CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these Cline CLI users can call.
Get direct reports details
Retrieve a user's team, or direct reports (people who report to them in the organizational hierarchy).
Get manager details
Get a user's manager information - name, email, job title, etc. ⚠️ TOOL DEPENDENCY RULE: If the user request references a person (name, alias, email fragment, etc.), you MUST call the GetUserDetails…
Get multiple users details
Search for multiple users in the directory by name, job title, office location, or other properties.
Get my details
Retrieve profile details for the currently signed-in user ("me, my").
Get User details
Retrieve a user's profile by UPN or Entra object ID (GUID).
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 Microsoft 365 User Profile 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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