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What owner does on GitHub
AI agents call owner to retrieve information from GitHub without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why owner is rated Low
This tool appears to be a read-only identifier or parameter field used to specify or retrieve repository ownership information. It has no side effects and does not modify, execute, or delete data. Classification as Read is appropriate with high confidence.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'owner' with description 'Repository owner (string, required)' indicates a parameter or property that retrieves or identifies the owner of a repository. No mutation, execution, or destructive capability is evident.
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The rule that runs owner safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GitHub, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For owner, this is the rule to start with:
owner is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect GitHub, apply this rule, and every owner call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about owner
Repository owner (string, required). It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for owner: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches GitHub. Nothing to install.
owner is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the owner rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for owner. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
owner is provided by the GitHub MCP server (oci:ghcr.io/aifity/omnigit-mcp:0.5.0). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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