Connect Microsoft Learn to GitHub Copilot CLI
Give GitHub Copilot CLI governed access to Microsoft Learn’s 3 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft Learn 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
Approve Microsoft Learn in Runlayer
Add Microsoft Learn 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 Microsoft Learn’s 3 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
GitHub Copilot CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft Learn
Sign in the way Microsoft Learn requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
- 4
Use Microsoft Learn from GitHub Copilot CLI
Microsoft Learn’s approved tools appear in GitHub Copilot CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
3 Microsoft Learn tools in GitHub Copilot CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot CLI users can call.
Code sample search
Search for code snippets in official Microsoft Learn documentation.
Docs fetch
Fetch complete content from a Microsoft documentation page and convert to markdown.
Docs search
Search official Microsoft/Azure documentation to find the most relevant and trustworthy content for a user's query.
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 Microsoft Learn 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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