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Connect Drata to Windsurf

Give Windsurf governed access to Drata’s 38 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Drata to Windsurf in four steps

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

  1. 1

    Approve Drata in Runlayer

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

  2. 2

    Connect Windsurf to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Windsurf by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Windsurf reaches Drata’s 38 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Windsurf setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Drata

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

  4. 4

    Use Drata from Windsurf

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

Tools

38 Drata tools in Windsurf

Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call.

  • Create background check

    File a Background Check for a personnel record, evidenced by a URL.

  • Create control

    Create a new compliance control in a workspace.

  • Create evidence

    Register a new evidence bucket in Drata's reusable Evidence Library.

  • Create risk

    Create a new custom risk in a risk register.

  • Create vendor

    Create a new third-party vendor for the account (TPRM).

  • Delete evidence

    Permanently delete an ENTIRE evidence bucket -- the folder AND every file in it, plus all version history and control linkages.

  • Delete evidence artifact

    Permanently delete ONE file from an evidence bucket, including that file's entire version history.

  • Delete risk

    Permanently delete a single risk from a risk register.

See all 38 Drata 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 Drata 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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