Connect Sigma to Zed
Give Zed governed access to Sigma’s 7 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Sigma to Zed in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Zed then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Add Sigma to Runlayer
Sigma isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.
Adding a connector manually - 2
Connect Zed to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Zed by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Zed reaches Sigma’s 7 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Zed setup guide - 3
Sign in to Sigma
Sign in the way Sigma requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
- 4
Use Sigma from Zed
Sigma’s approved tools appear in Zed. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
7 Sigma tools in Zed
Runlayer policy decides which of these Zed users can call.
Begin session
REQUIRED — You MUST call this tool before using any other Sigma tool in a conversation.
Call agent
Call a Sigma workbook agent with a message or conversation.
Describe
Inspect the schema of a Sigma data source.
List documents
Browse a named document collection in the Sigma workspace.
List workbook agents
List the workbook agents you can edit across your organization
Query
Execute a SQL query against a Sigma data source and return the results.
Search
Search across the entire Sigma workspace to discover workbooks, data models, data model elements, and tables.
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 Sigma 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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