Connect Profound to Zed
Give Zed governed access to Profound’s 61 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Profound to Zed in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Zed then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Add Profound to Runlayer
Profound 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 Profound’s 61 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Zed setup guide - 3
Sign in to Profound
Sign in the way Profound requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
- 4
Use Profound from Zed
Profound’s approved tools appear in Zed. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
61 Profound tools in Zed
Runlayer policy decides which of these Zed users can call.
Add knowledge base document
Add ONE new document (inline markdown text) to a knowledge base.
Archive project
Preview or archive (retire) a project — set it aside without deleting it.
Create agent definition
Create a draft agent definition — preview first, then apply on confirmation.
Create doc
Create a new document in the Profound platform from content you have written.
Create project task
Preview or add a task ("play") to a project.
Create prompts
Create one or more prompts in a category.
Get agent
Get details of an agent, including its input_schema.
Get agent definition
Read back an agent's full workflow graph so you can copy and edit it.
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 Profound 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.
Frequently asked questions
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