list_quality_gates
AI agents call list_quality_gates to retrieve information from Mcp Sonarcloud without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool lists quality gates, which is a read-only query operation that retrieves configuration or status information without modifying any data. No code execution, deletion, or financial operations are involved. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could enumerate quality gates but cannot alter them or cause side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_quality_gates' indicates a retrieval/enumeration operation. Sibling tool 'get_quality_gate_by_project' and the server's focus on querying SonarCloud (issues, quality gates, security hotspots) confirm this is a listing/read operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
list_quality_gates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Sonarcloud MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Sonarcloud MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_quality_gates: 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 Mcp Sonarcloud. Nothing to install.
list_quality_gates 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_quality_gates 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_quality_gates. 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_quality_gates is provided by the Mcp Sonarcloud MCP server (lukleh/mcp-sonarcloud). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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