aid: glean
name: Glean
description: Glean is an AI-powered work assistant and enterprise search platform that connects to a company's apps and data
  sources to provide unified search, generative answers, and autonomous agents grounded in enterprise knowledge. Glean exposes
  a Client API for end-user features (search, chat, agents, answers), an Indexing API for ingesting custom data sources, and
  Admin and Activity APIs for governance and observability.
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created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Agents
- AI
- Answers
- Chat
- Connectors
- Enterprise Search
- Generative AI
- Indexing
- Knowledge
- RAG
- Search
- Work Assistant
apis:
- aid: glean:glean-client-api
  name: Glean Client API
  description: The Glean Client API powers end-user features including search, chat, agents, answers, announcements, collections,
    documents, insights, summarization, tools, and verification. Calls are made against the customer's Glean instance using
    a bearer API token.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-info/client/getting-started
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Agents
  - Answers
  - Chat
  - Client
  - Search
  - Summarize
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-info/client/getting-started
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developers.glean.com/oas/client
- aid: glean:glean-indexing-api
  name: Glean Indexing API
  description: The Glean Indexing API ingests documents, people, and permissions from custom data sources into a Glean instance,
    enabling search and chat over content that does not have a native Glean connector.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-info/indexing/getting-started
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Connectors
  - Datasources
  - Documents
  - Indexing
  - People
  - Permissions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-info/indexing/getting-started
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developers.glean.com/oas/indexing
- aid: glean:glean-search-api
  name: Glean Search API
  description: Run unified semantic and keyword search across all connected enterprise content with permission-aware results,
    filters, and facets.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/search
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Enterprise Search
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/search
- aid: glean:glean-chat-api
  name: Glean Chat API
  description: Multi-turn generative chat over enterprise content with grounded answers, citations, and tool use.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/chat
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Chat
  - Generative AI
  - RAG
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/chat
- aid: glean:glean-agents-api
  name: Glean Agents API
  description: Build and invoke autonomous agents that reason over enterprise data and perform multi-step workflows on behalf
    of users.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/agents
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Agents
  - AI
  - Workflows
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/agents
- aid: glean:glean-people-api
  name: Glean People API
  description: Look up people in the enterprise knowledge graph including profile, expertise, org chart relationships, and
    activity.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/people
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Directory
  - People
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/people
- aid: glean:glean-activity-api
  name: Glean Activity API
  description: Read and submit activity signals (views, clicks, edits) that improve personalization and ranking across the
    Glean instance.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/activity
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Activity
  - Analytics
  - Signals
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/activity
- aid: glean:glean-governance-api
  name: Glean Governance API
  description: Administer governance policies, data classification, and access controls across the Glean instance.
  humanURL: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/governance
  baseURL: https://{instance}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1
  tags:
  - Admin
  - Governance
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.glean.com/api-reference/client-api/governance
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.glean.com/
- type: Developer
  url: https://developers.glean.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.glean.com/api-info/client/getting-started
- type: SDK
  url: https://developers.glean.com/sdks
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/gleanwork
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.glean.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.glean.com/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.glean.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.glean.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.glean.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.glean.com/legal/customer-terms-of-service
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glean-technologies/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developers.glean.com/changelog
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.glean.com/connectors
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://developers.glean.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Google Workspace
- name: Microsoft 365
- name: Slack
- name: Confluence
- name: Jira
- name: Salesforce
- name: ServiceNow
- name: Notion
- name: GitHub
- name: Zendesk
- name: Box
- name: Dropbox
- name: SharePoint
- name: Workday
- name: LangChain
- name: Claude
- name: ChatGPT
- name: Cursor
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com