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Connect Chrome DevTools to Windsurf

Give Windsurf governed access to Chrome DevTools’s 26 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Chrome DevTools to Windsurf in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Windsurf then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Chrome DevTools in Runlayer

    Add Chrome DevTools from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Windsurf to Runlayer

    Install the Runlayer CLI so Windsurf can reach Chrome DevTools, which runs on the user’s machine. Auto Sync can then write Chrome DevTools into Windsurf on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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  3. 3

    Sign in to Chrome DevTools

    Sign in the way Chrome DevTools requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Chrome DevTools from Windsurf

    Chrome DevTools’s approved tools appear in Windsurf. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

26 Chrome DevTools tools in Windsurf

Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call. 10 read data only.

  • Click

    Clicks on the provided element

  • Close page

    Closes the page by its index.

  • Drag

    Drag an element onto another element

  • Emulate

    Emulates various features on the selected page.

  • Evaluate script

    Evaluate a JavaScript function inside the currently selected page.

  • Fill

    Type text into a input, text area or select an option from a element.

  • Fill form

    Fill out multiple form elements at once

  • Get console message

    Gets a console message by its ID.

See all 26 Chrome DevTools tools

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 Chrome DevTools 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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