Connect Glean to Perplexity
Give Perplexity governed access to Glean’s 16 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Glean to Perplexity in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Glean in Runlayer
Add Glean from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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Connect Perplexity to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Glean’s 16 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Perplexity setup guide - 3
Sign in to Glean
Sign in the way Glean requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Glean from Perplexity
Glean’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
16 Glean tools in Perplexity
Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call.
Brave actions web search
Searches the web for up-to-date external information from the web.
Chat
AI-powered tool for company knowledge.
Code search
Searches company code and configuration (top matches only).
Create image
Generate a new image from a natural-language prompt using Glean's image generation models, save it as an IMAGE artifact in the user's Library, and return links to view or download it.
Edit image
Modify an existing IMAGE artifact using a natural-language instruction.
Employee search
Finds company employees and their information.
Gmail search
Searches Gmail inbox (Google Workspace) for emails, conversations, and attachments.
Meeting lookup
Searches company calendar meetings and extracts transcripts.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Perplexity
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Perplexity exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Glean call from Perplexity passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Perplexity as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Managed browser extension (available)
Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Perplexity yet, so control happens at the gateway.
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