Search projects, todos and campfire messages across all projects
AI agents call global_search to retrieve information from Basecamp MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs search operations to retrieve and query data across Basecamp resources without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. It is a read-only operation with minimal security impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'global_search' and description 'Search projects, todos and campfire messages across all projects' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or destructive capability.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search projects, todos and campfire messages across all projects. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Basecamp MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Basecamp MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for global_search: 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 Basecamp MCP Server. Nothing to install.
global_search 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 global_search 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 global_search. 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.
global_search is provided by the Basecamp MCP Server MCP server (jhliberty/basecamp-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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