repo

What repo does on GitHub

AI agents call repo 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 repo is rated Low

This tool appears to be a parameter/field that identifies a repository rather than an autonomous action. It retrieves or references repository data without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. The severity is low because misuse would only allow reading repository information that is typically accessible through normal GitHub permissions.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'repo' with description 'Repository name (string, required)' indicates a parameter or identifier field for specifying which repository to operate on, not an action itself. It is a data retrieval identifier.

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

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

Questions about repo