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Connect Microsoft Word to GitHub Copilot

Give GitHub Copilot governed access to Microsoft Word’s 4 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Microsoft Word to GitHub Copilot in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in GitHub Copilot then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Microsoft Word in Runlayer

    Add Microsoft Word from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect GitHub Copilot to Runlayer

    GitHub Copilot gets connector tools through the Runlayer Plugin, and reaches Microsoft Word’s 4 tools through the plugin’s search and execute tools.

    GitHub Copilot setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Microsoft Word

    Each user signs in to Microsoft Word with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Microsoft Word from GitHub Copilot

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

Tools

4 Microsoft Word tools in GitHub Copilot

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

  • Add comment

    Add a new comment in the Word document.

  • Create document

    Create a new Word document in the root of the user's OneDrive.

  • Get document content

    Fetch the raw Word document (DOCX) content from OneDrive/SharePoint given its SharePoint sharing URL.

  • Reply to comment

    Reply to a comment in the Word document.

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in GitHub Copilot

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what GitHub Copilot exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Microsoft Word call from GitHub Copilot 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 as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for GitHub Copilot yet, so control happens at the gateway.

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