List all repositories with optional filtering. Returns repository metadata including configuration, status, and access details. If required information is not provided, use the git command or any available tool to get more context about the current commit, the repository, or the author of the com...
AI agents call list_repositories to retrieve information from Woodpecker without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists repository metadata without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only query operation that gathers information about repositories. The mention of 'optional filtering' and 'Returns repository metadata' confirms it performs data retrieval only.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_repositories' and description 'List all repositories with optional filtering. Returns repository metadata' indicates a query/retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_repositories gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Woodpecker, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_repositories:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_repositories": {}
}
}list_repositories is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all repositories with optional filtering. Returns repository metadata including configuration, status, and access details. If required information is not provided, use the git command or any available tool to get more context about the current commit, the repository, or the author of the commit. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Woodpecker MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Woodpecker MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_repositories: 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 Woodpecker. Nothing to install.
list_repositories 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 list_repositories 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 list_repositories. 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.
list_repositories is provided by the Woodpecker MCP server (j04n-f/woodpecker-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Woodpecker, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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