Connect Glean to Windsurf
Give Windsurf governed access to Glean’s 16 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Glean to Windsurf in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Windsurf then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Approve Glean in Runlayer
Add Glean from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 2
Connect Windsurf to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Windsurf by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Windsurf reaches Glean’s 16 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Windsurf 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 Windsurf
Glean’s approved tools appear in Windsurf. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
16 Glean tools in Windsurf
Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf 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 Windsurf
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Windsurf exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Glean 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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