scan_patterns

What scan_patterns does on Ripple-MCP

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

Why scan_patterns is rated Low

This is a search/query operation that retrieves information about code patterns. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify data, and does not delete anything. While regex searches could theoretically be CPU-intensive, the risk of misuse by an AI agent is minimal since the worst outcome is retrieving information about code structure.

From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'searches' (搜索) for regex patterns in a codebase across multiple languages. The operation is purely informational—it 'scans' and retrieves matching code locations without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.

The rule that runs scan_patterns safely

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

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "scan_patterns": {}
  }
}

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