search-code

What search-code does on CodeAnalysis MCP Server

AI agents call search-code to retrieve information from CodeAnalysis MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why search-code is rated Low

Code search retrieves or queries code without modifying it, making it a Read operation. The context of the server (analysis-focused) and naming convention strongly suggest this tool searches or filters code repositories without side effects. The lack of a description prevents full certainty, but the name and server purpose align with read-only functionality.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'search-code' indicates code search functionality. The server is described as providing 'code analysis' tools including 'syntax analysis' and sibling tools like 'analyze-*' which are clearly read-only operations.

The rule that runs search-code safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and CodeAnalysis MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search-code, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search-code": {}
  }
}

Questions about search-code