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Connect Mintlify to Windsurf

Give Windsurf governed access to Mintlify’s 35 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Mintlify to Windsurf in four steps

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

  1. 1

    Add Mintlify to Runlayer

    Mintlify isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.

    Adding a connector manually
  2. 2

    Connect Windsurf to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Windsurf by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Windsurf reaches Mintlify’s 35 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Windsurf setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Mintlify

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

  4. 4

    Use Mintlify from Windsurf

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

Tools

35 Mintlify tools in Windsurf

Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call.

  • Agent review settings

    Change whether agent edits push directly to the deploy branch (push_to_main) or open a pull request (create_pull_request).

  • Checkout

    Select a deployment and open its editor session in one call.

  • Create node

    Insert a node into the navigation tree under parentId (null = root).

  • Delete node

    Remove a node and its subtree from the navigation tree by nodeId.

  • Diff

    Returns the list of changes between current session and main.

  • Discard session

    End the session without creating a PR.

  • Edit page

    String-replace edit on a page Y.

  • Execute code

    Run TypeScript/JavaScript against the Admin MCP dashboard SDK inside a sandboxed Cloudflare isolate.

See all 35 Mintlify 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 Mintlify 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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