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Connect DeepWiki to Gemini CLI

Give Gemini CLI governed access to DeepWiki’s 4 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

Set up

Add DeepWiki to Gemini CLI in four steps

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

  1. 1

    Approve DeepWiki in Runlayer

    Add DeepWiki from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Gemini CLI to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Gemini CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Gemini CLI reaches DeepWiki’s 4 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Gemini CLI setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to DeepWiki

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

  4. 4

    Use DeepWiki from Gemini CLI

    DeepWiki’s approved tools appear in Gemini CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

4 DeepWiki tools in Gemini CLI

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

  • Ask question

    Ask any question about a GitHub repository and get an AI-powered, context-grounded response.

  • Ask wiki question

    Ask any question about a GitHub repository's codebase and get an AI-powered answer grounded in its DeepWiki.

  • Read wiki contents

    View documentation about a GitHub repository.

  • Read wiki structure

    Get a list of documentation topics for a GitHub repository.

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Gemini CLI

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

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every DeepWiki call from Gemini CLI passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Gemini 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 Gemini CLI runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (available)

    Runlayer can block a tool’s output before Gemini CLI’s model sees it.

  • Redact output in place (not available)

    Gemini CLI can only add text to a tool result, not replace it, so Runlayer blocks output it would otherwise mask. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

In Gemini CLI

  • Enforcement needs Gemini CLI 0.26.0 or newer.
  • When Runlayer blocks a call or its output, Gemini CLI shows the model the block reason instead.

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