Get summary information for a project including defect counts
AI agents call get_project_summary to retrieve information from Coverity Connect MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries summary data about projects and their defect counts. It is a read-only operation with no side effects, consistent with similar tools on the server like 'list_projects', 'get_defect_details', and 'list_streams'. There is minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent, as it only exposes existing analytical data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_project_summary' and description 'Get summary information for a project including defect counts' indicate data retrieval without modification. No destructive, financial, or code execution operations are described.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_project_summary gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Coverity Connect MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_project_summary:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_project_summary": {}
}
}get_project_summary is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get summary information for a project including defect counts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Coverity Connect MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Coverity Connect MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_project_summary: 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 Coverity Connect MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_project_summary 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 get_project_summary 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 get_project_summary. 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.
get_project_summary is provided by the Coverity Connect MCP Server MCP server (keides2/coverity-connect-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Coverity Connect MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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