Search for text/code patterns using ripgrep
AI agents call search_text to retrieve information from Code Search MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs text search across code using ripgrep, a standard search utility. The operation is read-only—it queries and retrieves data matching patterns but produces no side effects, data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact. Even with regex patterns, the tool only searches and returns results.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_text' and description 'Search for text/code patterns using ripgrep' indicate a search operation that retrieves matching content without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for text/code patterns using ripgrep. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Code Search MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Code Search MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_text: 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 Code Search MCP. Nothing to install.
search_text 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 search_text 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 search_text. 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.
search_text is provided by the Code Search MCP server (llmtooling/code-search-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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