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.