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Connect Fathom to GitHub Copilot CLI

Give GitHub Copilot CLI governed access to Fathom’s 12 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

Set up

Add Fathom 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

    Add Fathom to Runlayer

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

    Adding a connector manually
  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 Fathom’s 12 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 Fathom

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

  4. 4

    Use Fathom from GitHub Copilot CLI

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

Tools

12 Fathom tools in GitHub Copilot CLI

Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot CLI users can call.

  • Find person

    Find a person by name across meeting speakers, then return contact info and compact summaries for matched meetings.

  • Find relevant meetings

    Targeted ranked retrieval for specific facts, decisions, quotes, named projects, companies, products, people-plus-topic questions, or locating the best matching meetings.

  • Get identity

    Returns the authenticated user's name and email address.

  • Get meeting summary

    Returns the AI summary of a specific Fathom meeting.

  • Get meeting transcript

    Returns the full transcript of a specific Fathom meeting.

  • Get recording by call ID

    Resolve a Fathom call ID to a recording_id plus title, date, and url.

  • Get recording by URL

    Resolve a Fathom URL to a recording_id plus title, date, and url.

  • Get relevant meetings result

    Returns the find_relevant_meetings result for a search_id.

See all 12 Fathom tools

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 Fathom 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.

Frequently asked questions

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