Connect Neon to GitHub Copilot CLI
Give GitHub Copilot CLI governed access to Neon’s 29 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Neon 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 Neon in Runlayer
Add Neon 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 Neon’s 29 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
GitHub Copilot CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to Neon
Sign in the way Neon requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Neon from GitHub Copilot CLI
Neon’s approved tools appear in GitHub Copilot CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
29 Neon tools in GitHub Copilot CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot CLI users can call.
List projects
Lists the first 10 Neon projects in your account.
List organizations
Lists all organizations that the current user has access to.
List shared projects
Lists projects that have been shared with the current user.
Create project
Create a new Neon project.
Delete project
Delete a Neon project
Describe project
Describes a Neon project
Run SQL
Execute a single SQL statement against a Neon database.
Run SQL transaction
Execute a SQL transaction against a Neon database, should be used for multiple SQL statements.
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 Neon 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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