Connect Workday to Windsurf
Give Windsurf governed access to Workday’s 60 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Workday to Windsurf in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Windsurf then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Approve Workday in Runlayer
Add Workday 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 Workday’s 60 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Windsurf setup guide - 3
Sign in to Workday
Sign in the way Workday requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Workday from Windsurf
Workday’s approved tools appear in Windsurf. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
60 Workday tools in Windsurf
Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf users can call. 40 read data only and 20 can change or delete data.
Request time off
Submit a time off request for a worker.
Get time off details
Get paginated time off entries for a worker with optional filters.
Get time off entry
Get a specific time off entry by ID.
Get time off balances
Get paginated absence balances for a worker.
Get eligible absence types
Get paginated absence types a worker is eligible to request.
Validate time off dates
Validate one or more requested time off dates for a worker.
Correct time off entry
Submit corrections for entries from one approved time off request.
Get leaves of absence
Get paginated leaves of absence for a worker.
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 Workday 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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