Print information about relevant issues, pull requests, and notifications
AI agents call gh_status to retrieve information from GitHub CLI MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and displays status information about GitHub entities (issues, PRs, notifications). It performs no create, update, delete, or execute operations. The action is read-only and informational, making it the lowest risk category.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Print information about relevant issues, pull requests, and notifications' — pure data retrieval with no modification or execution of side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Print information about relevant issues, pull requests, and notifications. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub CLI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub CLI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gh_status: 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 CLI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
gh_status 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 gh_status 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 gh_status. 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.
gh_status is provided by the GitHub CLI MCP Server MCP server (munch-group/gh-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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