Connect Smartsheet to Windsurf
Give Windsurf governed access to Smartsheet’s 61 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Smartsheet to Windsurf in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Windsurf then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Approve Smartsheet in Runlayer
Add Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet’s 61 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Windsurf setup guide - 3
Sign in to Smartsheet
An admin adds Smartsheet credentials to Runlayer once. They never sit in the client’s configuration.
- 4
Use Smartsheet from Windsurf
Smartsheet’s approved tools appear in Windsurf. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
61 Smartsheet tools in Windsurf
Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call.
Add chart to dashboard
Add a previously created chart to a Smartsheet dashboard as a widget.
Add columns
Adds one or more new columns to the specified sheet.
Add comment
Adds a new comment to an existing discussion.
Add rows
Adds one or more new rows to the specified sheet with optional positioning.
Attach URL
Attaches a URL to a Smartsheet sheet, row, or comment.
Browse folder
Browse all children (nested folders, sheets, reports, dashboards, templates) within a folder.
Browse workspace
Browse all children (folders, sheets, reports, dashboards, templates) within a workspace.
Create chart from data
Build a chart structure from pre-computed data values (bar, line, pie, or stacked bar).
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 Smartsheet 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.
Frequently asked questions
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