get_repo_commits_today
AI agents call get_repo_commits_today to retrieve information from GitHub Summary MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical commit data without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the tool name and server context clearly indicate a data retrieval function with no side effects. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_repo_commits_today' indicates retrieval of commit history data. Server description confirms the purpose is to 'fetch today's commit activity' and 'analyze commits,' which are read-only query operations.
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get_repo_commits_today. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub Summary MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub Summary MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_repo_commits_today: 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 GitHub Summary MCP. Nothing to install.
get_repo_commits_today 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 get_repo_commits_today 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 get_repo_commits_today. 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.
get_repo_commits_today is provided by the GitHub Summary MCP server (muhammadzaeemaltaf/github-summary-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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