search_code
AI agents call search_code to retrieve information from Bitbucket Server MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Code search retrieves and queries data without modifying, creating, or deleting anything. This is a classic Read operation. The low severity reflects that code search has minimal blast radius—an AI agent querying code poses no immediate risk of data loss, financial impact, or destructive action.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_code' indicates a query/search operation. The parent server description explicitly mentions 'code search' as a read capability among its 66 tools for managing repositories.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
search_code. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bitbucket Server MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bitbucket Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_code: 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 Bitbucket Server MCP. Nothing to install.
search_code 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_code 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_code. 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_code is provided by the Bitbucket Server MCP server (manpreetshuann/bitbucket-server-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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