Connect Google BigQuery to GitHub Copilot CLI
Give GitHub Copilot CLI governed access to Google BigQuery’s 9 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Google BigQuery 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.
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Approve Google BigQuery in Runlayer
Add Google BigQuery from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 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 Google BigQuery’s 9 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
GitHub Copilot CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to Google BigQuery
Each user signs in to Google BigQuery with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Google BigQuery from GitHub Copilot CLI
Google BigQuery’s approved tools appear in GitHub Copilot CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
9 Google BigQuery tools in GitHub Copilot CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot CLI users can call.
Cancel job
Cancel a running BigQuery job.
Execute SQL
Run a SQL query in the project and return the result.
Execute SQL readonly
Run a read-only SQL query in the project and return the result.
Get dataset info
Get metadata information about a BigQuery dataset or BigLake namespace.
Get job
Get information and status about a BigQuery job.
Get query results
Get the results of a BigQuery SQL query job.
Get table info
Get metadata information about a BigQuery table or BigLake table.
List dataset IDS
List BigQuery dataset IDs and BigLake namespaces in a Google Cloud project.
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 Google BigQuery 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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