Full-text search across local project files.\n
AI agents call search_project_files to retrieve information from Network Device Assistant without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs full-text search, which is a read-only operation that retrieves and queries data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It has minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent—worst case being information disclosure of already-accessible project files.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_project_files' and description 'Full-text search across local project files' indicates retrieval/query operations with no modifications or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Full-text search across local project files.\n. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Network Device Assistant MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Network Device Assistant MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_project_files: 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 Network Device Assistant. Nothing to install.
search_project_files 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_project_files 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_project_files. 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_project_files is provided by the Network Device Assistant MCP server (mgarabito/network-device-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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