STEP 1
Select Glean in workflow
Pick Glean app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Glean Integration
Search and index enterprise content, and trigger workflows when documents change across your connected datasources. Turn Glean results into structured actions across your workflows and downstream tools. Use Watch Content Change to move AI generated information into the next step, such as Admin Search or Autocomplete.
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Supported triggers and actions for Glean integration
Triggers can detect changes in Glean and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Glean automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch Content ChangeTriggers when content changes in indexed datasources.
- Admin SearchRuns a search across all indexed content for admin auditing.
- AutocompleteReturns autocomplete suggestions for a partial query.
- Check Datasource AuthRetrieves the datasource instances that require the caller to complete OAuth authorization.
- Check Document AccessReturns whether a caller can access a document.
- Download Findings ExportDownloads a DLP findings export as a CSV file.
- Download Governance PolicyDownloads a CSV of the violations found for a governance policy.
- Download Governance ReportDownloads a CSV of the violations found for a governance report.
- Get AgentReturns a single agent by ID.
- Get Agent SchemasReturns the input/output schemas defined on an agent.
- Get AnswerReturns a single answer by ID.
- Get ChatReturns a single chat conversation by ID.
- Get Chat ApplicationReturns the chat application context for the caller.
- Get Chat FileRetrieves a single chat-uploaded file by ID.
- Get CollectionReturns a single collection by ID.
- Get Datasource ConfigReturns the configuration of a datasource.
- Get Datasource Credential StatusReturns the credential status for a datasource instance.
- Get Document CountReturns the count of indexed documents.
- Get Document PermissionsReturns the access-control list for a document.
- Get Document StatusReturns the index status of a document.
How to integrate Glean in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Glean connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Glean
When prompted, authorize access to Glean in WEXTL once. Glean credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
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STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Glean yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Glean to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
Glean
How Glean connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Glean app is called in workflows. That allows your ai automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Glean supports.
The following table illustrates what fields Glean integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Connect Glean
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Demonstration of Glean connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
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Instance URLRequired | url | Your instance URL, e.g. https://acme-be.glean.com (no trailing slash). Copy the exact origin your admin issued — Glean deploys per-tenant, and every request goes to that host. |
API KeyRequired | password | Paste a Glean-issued API token. Ask your admin to mint one under Admin console → API Tokens with the scopes you need. |
Connect Glean to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Glean below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Glean. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with Glean integration
Select Watch Content Change trigger from Glean - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Glean, workflow will start [7] from Watch Content Change node.
Search for Add Collection Items, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Content Change and Add Collection Items, so only important data pass from Watch Content Change to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Glean automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Glean on WEXTL has 148 modules for combining ai automations. Explore Glean documentation for more.
Glean
Watch Content Change
Fathom AI
Performs action
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Fathom AI
Triggers
Glean
Add Collection Items
Demonstration of how visual Glean automation [6] looks in WEXTL.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Glean in your workflows.
Glean has 1 trigger, including "Watch Content Change". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.
Integration has 147 actions, including "Admin Search", "Autocomplete", and "Check Datasource Auth", and more. Refer to our Glean Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The Glean integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Glean official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where Glean provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Glean or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Glean inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Glean modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the Glean integration.
- Glean integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Glean integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official Glean vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® Glean App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation