compose-ps
Lists Docker Compose services with structured state and status information.
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-dave-london-github/compose-ps.md
What compose-ps does on Github
AI agents call compose-ps 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 compose-ps is rated Low
This tool performs read-only inspection of Docker Compose services. It returns state and status information about running containers but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The verb 'Lists' and the scope 'state and status information' confirm this is a data retrieval action with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'compose-ps' and description 'Lists Docker Compose services with structured state and status information' indicate a query/inspection operation that retrieves and displays status data without modifying anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs compose-ps 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 compose-ps, this is the rule to start with:
compose-ps 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 compose-ps call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about compose-ps
Lists Docker Compose services with structured state and status information. 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 compose-ps: 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.
compose-ps 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 compose-ps 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 compose-ps. 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.
compose-ps is provided by the Github MCP server (@paretools/github). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
More on Github, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue