Connect Glean to Zed
Give Zed governed access to Glean’s 16 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Glean to Zed in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Zed 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 Zed to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Zed by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Zed reaches Glean’s 16 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Zed 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.
- 4
Use Glean from Zed
Glean’s approved tools appear in Zed. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
16 Glean tools in Zed
Runlayer policy decides which of these Zed 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 Zed
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Zed exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Glean call from Zed passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Zed as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Zed yet, so control happens at the gateway.
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