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Connect Skyvern to Windsurf

Give Windsurf governed access to Skyvern’s 77 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Skyvern to Windsurf in four steps

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

  1. 1

    Approve Skyvern in Runlayer

    Add Skyvern 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 Skyvern’s 77 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Windsurf setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Skyvern

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

  4. 4

    Use Skyvern from Windsurf

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

Tools

77 Skyvern tools in Windsurf

Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call. 34 read data only and 11 can change or delete data.

  • Create browser session

    Create a new browser session to start interacting with websites.

  • Close browser session

    Close a browser session when you're done.

  • List browser sessions

    List all active browser sessions.

  • Get browser session

    Get details about a specific browser session -- status, timeout, availability.

  • Connect to browser session

    Connect to an existing browser -- a cloud session by ID or any browser via CDP URL.

  • Perform browser action (ai)

    Perform actions on a page by describing what to do in plain English.

  • Extract data from page (ai)

    Extract structured data from the current page using AI with screenshots and a dedicated extraction LLM.

  • Validate page condition (ai)

    Check if a condition is true on the current page — cheapest AI option for yes/no questions.

See all 77 Skyvern 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 Skyvern 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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