Search for multiple patterns across all open files simultaneously. Supports hex and string patterns. Returns matches with offsets for each file and pattern.
AI agents call imhex_batch_search to retrieve information from ImHex MCP Integration without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs pattern matching and retrieval operations across open files, returning match results with metadata (offsets). It does not modify, execute, delete, or create data—it only queries and returns information. The operation is read-only with no side effects, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Search for multiple patterns across all open files simultaneously. Supports hex and string patterns. Returns matches with offsets for each file and pattern.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access imhex_batch_search gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and ImHex MCP Integration, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for imhex_batch_search:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"imhex_batch_search": {}
}
}imhex_batch_search is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for multiple patterns across all open files simultaneously. Supports hex and string patterns. Returns matches with offsets for each file and pattern. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ImHex MCP Integration MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ImHex MCP Integration MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for imhex_batch_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 ImHex MCP Integration. Nothing to install.
imhex_batch_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 imhex_batch_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 imhex_batch_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.
imhex_batch_search is provided by the ImHex MCP Integration MCP server (jmpnop/imhexmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from ImHex MCP Integration, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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