projects_list

What projects_list does on GitHub

AI agents call projects_list 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 projects_list is rated Low

This tool retrieves or queries project information from GitHub without modifying, executing, or deleting any data. It is a straightforward list/retrieval operation that falls squarely into the Read category. The blast radius is minimal since listing public or authorized project metadata cannot cause harm unless the data itself is sensitive, but the operation itself is non-destructive and non-privileged in nature.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'projects_list' and description states 'List GitHub Projects resources'. The verb 'list' combined with 'resources' indicates a read-only data retrieval operation with no side effects.

The rule that runs projects_list 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 projects_list, this is the rule to start with:

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

Questions about projects_list