| name | glean-cli |
| description | Provides knowledge on using the `glean` CLI tool to access company knowledge and documents through Glean. Use when the user asks you to use Glean to search, read or otherwise access knowledge from their company's Confluence, Slack, Google Drive Files (Slides, Documents, Sheets) etc. |
Glean CLI
glean is a local CLI that authenticates to a company's Glean instance and exposes its REST API. It can search the corporate index, talk to Glean Assistant, look up people, fetch and summarise documents, and manage Glean-side resources (collections, pins, go-links, announcements, curated answers, agents, verification workflows).
Output is JSON on stdout, errors on stderr, exit code reflects success. This makes the CLI ideal for piping into jq.
Prerequisite check
Before using anything in this skill, make sure the binary is on $PATH:
command -v glean
The glean CLI command is provided by brew install gleanwork/tap/glean-cli
If the command isn't found, you shoulkd ask the user if they wish you to install it for them.
If unauthenticated (run glean auth status upon authentication errors) and the user is at a terminal: glean auth login (browser OAuth). For CI or scripts, set GLEAN_API_TOKEN and GLEAN_HOST env vars instead - credentials resolve in the order: env vars -> system keyring -> ~/.glean/config.json.
Always introspect first
glean schema is the source of truth for commands and flags - Glean ships updates, and the schema reflects whatever version is installed locally. Before invoking a command you haven't used in this session, run:
glean schema <>
glean schema | jq
