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Antigravity

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "serverUrl": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Antigravity CLI

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "serverUrl": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI
claude mcp add glean-developer-docs https://developers.glean.com/mcp --transport http --scope user
CodexCLI
codex mcp add --url https://developers.glean.com/mcp glean-developer-docs

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor Agent

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLICLI
gemini mcp add --transport http glean-developer-docs https://developers.glean.com/mcp

Goose

{
  "extensions": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "enabled": true,
      "name": "glean-developer-docs",
      "type": "streamable_http",
      "uri": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp",
      "envs": {},
      "env_keys": [],
      "headers": {},
      "description": "",
      "timeout": 300,
      "bundled": null,
      "available_tools": []
    }
  }
}

JetBrains AI Assistant
```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```
Configuration must be pasted into Settings → Tools → AI Assistant → Model Context Protocol → Add → As JSON. Direct file writing is not supported due to version-specific XML storage.

Junie (JetBrains)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "url": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

OpenCode

{
  "mcp": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS CodeCLI
code --add-mcp '{"name":"glean-developer-docs","type":"http","url":"https://developers.glean.com/mcp"}'

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-developer-docs": {
      "serverUrl": "https://developers.glean.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Supports both stdio and native HTTP connections

Learn more about MCP

Build an engineering portal

The end-to-end showcase — index a developer catalog into Glean, then embed permission-aware search and chat back into the portal your team already uses.

~30 minIntermediate

Problem

Service ownership, on-call, and docs live in a portal nobody can search, and the knowledge about those services lives everywhere else. This recipe turns a lightweight service-catalog portal into the one-stop shop: its catalog becomes searchable in Glean, and Glean's permission-aware search and chat come back into the portal itself.

Architecture

Service catalogYAML + runbooks

Custom connectorIndexing API

Gleanpermission-aware index

Portal UIWeb SDK embed

Prerequisites

A Glean instance where you can add a custom datasource

A Glean-issued Indexing API token

Node.js 18+ to run the portal app locally

Steps

Take it further

Add an on-call answer card to the portal backed by a Client API search call.
Extend the connector with incremental sync and identity mapping so catalog permissions mirror your org.
Wire the portal's "ask" box to open Glean Chat with the current service as context.

Try it

How do I find out who is on call?

Returns a non-empty answer with at least one citation carrying a real title and URL from your indexed engineering content.

How do I deploy a service?

Returns a non-empty answer with at least one citation carrying a real title and URL, drawn from your own indexed content.

What's our incident response process?

Returns a non-empty answer with at least one citation carrying a real title and URL, drawn from your own indexed content.

Each of these was run against a live Glean instance on 2026-08-02.

Paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.

At a glance

SurfacesConnector SDK, Indexing API, Web SDK, Client API

StatusShowcase

Time~30 min