Summarize a local multi-repo workspace: discovered git repos, Kage memory coverage, code graph counts, package dependencies, route contracts, topic/event contracts, and cross-repo co-change links between repos. Use when a task spans multiple sibling repos.
AI agents call kage_workspace to retrieve information from Kage without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool only reads and summarizes information about a local workspace — git repos, memory coverage, code graphs, dependencies, and contracts. There are no write, execute, or destructive operations described. It is purely a discovery/reporting tool with low blast radius if misused.
From the tool's definition Summarize a local multi-repo workspace: discovered git repos, Kage memory coverage, code graph counts, package dependencies, route contracts, topic/event contracts, and cross-repo co-change links
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access kage_workspace gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Kage, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for kage_workspace:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"kage_workspace": {}
}
}kage_workspace is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Summarize a local multi-repo workspace: discovered git repos, Kage memory coverage, code graph counts, package dependencies, route contracts, topic/event contracts, and cross-repo co-change links between repos. Use when a task spans multiple sibling repos. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kage MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for kage_workspace: 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 Kage. Nothing to install.
kage_workspace 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 kage_workspace 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 kage_workspace. 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.
kage_workspace is provided by the Kage MCP server (@kage-core/kage-graph-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Kage, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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