Query coding style conventions
AI agents call query_style_conventions to retrieve information from Sourcesage without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves coding style conventions from the knowledge base without side effects. It is a straightforward read operation—no data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose existing style convention metadata without enabling harmful actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'query_style_conventions' and description 'Query coding style conventions' indicate a retrieval/lookup operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Query coding style conventions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sourcesage MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sourcesage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for query_style_conventions: 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 Sourcesage. Nothing to install.
query_style_conventions 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 query_style_conventions 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 query_style_conventions. 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.
query_style_conventions is provided by the Sourcesage MCP server (mcpflow/sourcesage). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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