List workflows in a GitHub repository
AI agents call list-workflows to retrieve information from GitHub Enterprise 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 workflow information from a GitHub repository without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any resources. It is a straightforward data retrieval operation, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list-workflows' and description 'List workflows in a GitHub repository' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. Listing is a read-only query operation that retrieves existing workflow metadata.
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List workflows in a GitHub repository. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub Enterprise MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub Enterprise MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-workflows: 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 GitHub Enterprise MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list-workflows 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-workflows 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-workflows. 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-workflows is provided by the GitHub Enterprise MCP Server MCP server (lessinthought/github-enterprice-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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