Connect GitHub to Glean
Give Glean governed access to GitHub’s 100 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add GitHub to Glean in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Glean then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve GitHub in Runlayer
Add GitHub from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 2
Connect Glean to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Glean by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Glean reaches GitHub’s 100 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Glean setup guide - 3
Sign in to GitHub
Each user signs in to GitHub with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use GitHub from Glean
GitHub’s approved tools appear in Glean. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
100 GitHub tools in Glean
Runlayer policy decides which of these Glean users can call.
Get actions
Get details about specific GitHub Actions resources.
List actions
Tools for listing GitHub Actions resources.
Actions run trigger
Trigger GitHub Actions workflow operations, including running, re-running, cancelling workflow runs, and deleting workflow run logs.
Add comment to pending review
Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review.
Add issue comment
Add a comment and/or reaction to a specific issue or issue comment in a GitHub repository.
Add reply to pull request comment
Add a reply and/or reaction to an existing pull request comment.
Assign copilot to issue
Assign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.
Assign copilot to issue with intent
Assign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Glean
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Glean exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every GitHub call from Glean passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Glean as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
OTLP telemetry (available)
Glean can send supported OpenTelemetry events to Runlayer for observe-only session visibility.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Glean yet, so control happens at the gateway.
In Glean
- Runlayer sees Glean activity through OpenTelemetry traces for monitoring only; enforcement happens at the gateway.
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