Connect PagerDuty to GitHub Copilot CLI
Give GitHub Copilot CLI governed access to PagerDuty’s 18 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add PagerDuty 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 PagerDuty in Runlayer
Add PagerDuty 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 PagerDuty’s 18 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
GitHub Copilot CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to PagerDuty
Each user signs in to PagerDuty with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use PagerDuty from GitHub Copilot CLI
PagerDuty’s approved tools appear in GitHub Copilot CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
18 PagerDuty tools in GitHub Copilot CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot CLI users can call.
Browse activity
Read PagerDuty account activity (log entries).
Browse alert grouping
Read PagerDuty alert grouping settings.
Browse change events
Read PagerDuty change event data.
Browse escalation policies
Read PagerDuty escalation policy data.
Browse event orchestrations
Read PagerDuty event orchestration data.
Browse incidents
Read PagerDuty incident data.
Browse schedules
Read PagerDuty schedules and on-call data.
Browse services
Read PagerDuty service data.
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 PagerDuty 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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