Connect Microsoft Outlook to Goose
Give Goose governed access to Microsoft Outlook’s 37 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft Outlook to Goose in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Goose then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Microsoft Outlook in Runlayer
Add Microsoft Outlook from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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Connect Goose to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin as a Goose extension; Goose has no native plugin install. Goose reaches Microsoft Outlook’s 37 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Goose setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft Outlook
Sign in the way Microsoft Outlook requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Microsoft Outlook from Goose
Microsoft Outlook’s approved tools appear in Goose. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
37 Microsoft Outlook tools in Goose
Runlayer policy decides which of these Goose users can call. 6 read data only and 2 can change or delete data.
Create draft
Create a new Outlook draft message in the Drafts folder without sending it.
Create reply draft
Create an editable Reply or Reply-All draft attached to an existing Outlook thread.
Delete attachment
Delete an attachment from an Outlook message or draft.
Delete message
Delete a message from an Outlook mailbox.
Download attachment
Download the content of a specific attachment from an Outlook message.
Forward message
Forward an existing Outlook message to one or more recipients.
Get attachments
List all attachments on an Outlook message, returning metadata but not file content.
Get message
Fetch the full content of a single Outlook message by id, headers and body included.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Goose
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Goose exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Microsoft Outlook call from Goose passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Goose 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 before Goose runs it.
Block output after it runs (available)
Runlayer can block a tool’s output before Goose’s model sees it.
Redact output in place (not available)
Goose cannot apply masking, so Runlayer blocks output it would otherwise mask. The gateway still applies policy to the call.
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