Connect Spacelift to GitHub Copilot
Give GitHub Copilot governed access to Spacelift’s 7 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Spacelift to GitHub Copilot in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in GitHub Copilot then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Add Spacelift to Runlayer
Spacelift isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.
Adding a connector manually - 2
Connect GitHub Copilot to Runlayer
GitHub Copilot gets connector tools through the Runlayer Plugin, and reaches Spacelift’s 7 tools through the plugin’s search and execute tools.
GitHub Copilot setup guide - 3
Sign in to Spacelift
Sign in the way Spacelift requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Spacelift from GitHub Copilot
Spacelift’s approved tools appear in GitHub Copilot. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
7 Spacelift tools in GitHub Copilot
Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot users can call.
Discover
Browse the Spacelift API schema.
Intent
Manage infrastructure resources through their lifecycle.
Mutate
Execute a Spacelift mutation.
Policy input schema
Return a policy type's input structure, expected rule outputs and description.
Policy simulate
Evaluate a draft policy body and return the decision.
Provider
Discover infrastructure providers and inspect their resource/data source schemas.
Query
Execute a read-only Spacelift query.
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 Spacelift 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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