# scout_search

Search codebase semantically. Returns findings with files, lines, connections.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `scout_search`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/scout-search

## Facts

- Tool: `scout_search`
- Server: Claude Engram (`20alexl/claude-engram`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/20alexl/claude-engram
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "scout_search",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why scout_search is rated Low

This is a read-only operation that queries and retrieves data from the codebase without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It has no side effects beyond information disclosure. The blast radius of misuse is limited to potential exposure of sensitive code patterns or locations, classified as low severity.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool performs semantic search across codebase, returning findings with files, lines, and connections. No modification, deletion, or execution capability indicated. Description explicitly limited to search and retrieval ('Search codebase semantically."

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Claude Engram:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "scout_search": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Claude Engram (15)

- `audit_batch` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/audit-batch.md
- `claude_engram_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/claude-engram-status.md
- `context` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/context.md
- `convention` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/convention.md
- `deps_map` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/deps-map.md
- `file_summarize` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/file-summarize.md
- `find_similar_issues` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/find-similar-issues.md
- `impact_analyze` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/impact-analyze.md
- `memory` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/memory.md
- `pre_edit_check` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/pre-edit-check.md
- `scope` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/scope.md
- `session_end` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/session-end.md
- `session_mine` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/session-mine.md
- `session_start` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/session-start.md
- `work` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/20alexl-claude-engram/work.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=20alexl-claude-engram · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/20alexl-claude-engram