target

What target does on GitHub

AI agents call target 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 target is rated Low

This tool does not retrieve, create, modify, or delete data on its own; it is a configuration parameter used to designate which branch or commit to use in a comparison operation. It has no side effects and merely selects or references existing data. The most appropriate category is Read, as it contributes to a data retrieval context, with low severity due to its passive nature.

From the tool's definition Tool is named 'target' and described as 'Target branch or commit to compare with (string, required)' — this is a parameter that specifies comparison endpoints, not an action that performs operations.

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

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

Questions about target