Connect Ashby ATS to Windsurf
Give Windsurf governed access to Ashby ATS’s 16 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Ashby ATS to Windsurf in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Windsurf then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Ashby ATS in Runlayer
Add Ashby ATS from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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Connect Windsurf to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Windsurf by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Windsurf reaches Ashby ATS’s 16 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Windsurf setup guide - 3
Sign in to Ashby ATS
Each user signs in to Ashby ATS with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Ashby ATS from Windsurf
Ashby ATS’s approved tools appear in Windsurf. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
16 Ashby ATS tools in Windsurf
Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call.
Add note to candidate
Add a note to a candidate's profile.
Change application stage
Move an application to a different interview stage.
Consider candidate for job
Create a new application for a candidate on a specific job.
Create candidate
Create a new candidate record in Ashby with a name and optional contact information.
Describe object fields
Look up filterable fields for a given object type.
Filter records
Filter records of a given object type using a structured JSON filter.
Get candidate
Fetch details about one or more candidates.
Get interview details
Get a detailed interview briefing for a specific Ashby interview event.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Windsurf
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Windsurf exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Ashby ATS call from Windsurf passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Windsurf 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 Windsurf runs it.
Block output after it runs (not available)
Windsurf ignores Runlayer after a tool runs, so Runlayer cannot block its output. The gateway still applies policy to the call.
Redact output in place (not available)
Windsurf has no way to receive replacement output, so Runlayer cannot mask it. The gateway still applies policy to the call.
In Windsurf
- Enforcement needs Windsurf 1.12.31 or newer.
- When Runlayer denies a call, Windsurf shows the reason to the user; Runlayer cannot adjust the call’s inputs.
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