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Connect Hex to Zed

Give Zed governed access to Hex’s 18 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Hex to Zed in four steps

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

  1. 1

    Approve Hex in Runlayer

    Add Hex from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Zed to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Zed by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Zed reaches Hex’s 18 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Zed setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Hex

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

  4. 4

    Use Hex from Zed

    Hex’s approved tools appear in Zed. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

18 Hex tools in Zed

Runlayer policy decides which of these Zed users can call.

  • Continue thread

    Continue a Hex Thread by adding a new message and triggering the agent to process it.

  • Create cell

    Create a new cell in the draft version of a project.

  • Create project

    Create a new project in the workspace with the specified title, and optionally a description.

  • Create thread

    Create a new Hex Thread to ask a question about your data.

  • Delete cell

    Delete a cell from the draft version of a project by ID

  • Get cell

    Get a single cell by ID

  • Get cell image

    Get the rendered PNG image of a chart cell, returned as an image.

  • Get cell output

    Get the latest output preview for a SQL cell in the active draft notebook session.

See all 18 Hex tools

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 Hex 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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