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Connect DeepWiki to GitHub Copilot CLI

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

Set up

Add DeepWiki to GitHub Copilot CLI in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in GitHub Copilot 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 GitHub Copilot CLI to Runlayer

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

    GitHub Copilot 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 GitHub Copilot CLI

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

Tools

4 DeepWiki tools in GitHub Copilot CLI

Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot 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 GitHub Copilot CLI

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

  • Gateway policy (available)

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

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, GitHub Copilot 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 or permission request before GitHub Copilot CLI runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (available)

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

  • Redact output in place (available)

    Runlayer can mask sensitive parts of a successful tool’s output in GitHub Copilot CLI and pass the rest through.

In GitHub Copilot CLI

  • When a tool fails, Runlayer records the error but cannot replace it.

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