Basics
Glean is an enterprise search platform that connects to your company’s tools and data sources. By connecting Standards to Glean, your brand guidelines become searchable alongside your other company knowledge — and Glean’s AI assistant can answer brand questions using your published content.Connect to Glean
Glean supports custom API connectors for indexing content from external sources. To connect Standards:Create an API key in Standards
Follow the API key creation guide to generate a client ID and secret. Enable the
document.read, data.read, and styles.read scopes, and select the projects you want indexed.Set up a custom connector in Glean
In your Glean admin console, create a new custom connector or work with your Glean administrator to configure one. You’ll need:
- The Standards API base URL:
https://api.standards.site/beta - Your client ID and secret for OAuth token retrieval
- The workspace ID for your Standards workspace
Configure the data source
Map the Standards API endpoints to Glean’s document model:
- Use the list pages endpoint to discover content
- Use the get page endpoint to retrieve page content as markdown
- Use the styles endpoint to include color and typography data
What gets indexed
When configured, Glean can index:- Page content — The full markdown content of each published page
- Color styles — Color names, hex values, RGB, CMYK, Pantone, and RAL codes
- Typography styles — Font families, sizes, weights, and other specifications
- File metadata — Uploaded file names, types, and image descriptions
- Project information — Project names and publish status
How your team uses it
Once indexed, your team can:- Search for brand information directly in Glean (e.g., “What is our primary brand color?”)
- Get AI-generated answers from Glean’s assistant that reference your published guidelines
- Find brand content alongside related documents from other connected tools