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Connect Profound to Gemini CLI

Give Gemini CLI governed access to Profound’s 61 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Profound 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

    Add Profound to Runlayer

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

    Adding a connector manually
  2. 2

    Connect Gemini CLI to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Gemini CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Gemini CLI reaches Profound’s 61 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Gemini CLI setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Profound

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

  4. 4

    Use Profound from Gemini CLI

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

Tools

61 Profound tools in Gemini CLI

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

  • Add knowledge base document

    Add ONE new document (inline markdown text) to a knowledge base.

  • Archive project

    Preview or archive (retire) a project — set it aside without deleting it.

  • Create agent definition

    Create a draft agent definition — preview first, then apply on confirmation.

  • Create doc

    Create a new document in the Profound platform from content you have written.

  • Create project task

    Preview or add a task ("play") to a project.

  • Create prompts

    Create one or more prompts in a category.

  • Get agent

    Get details of an agent, including its input_schema.

  • Get agent definition

    Read back an agent's full workflow graph so you can copy and edit it.

See all 61 Profound tools

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 Profound 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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