Retrieves essential project information including package.json details, directory structure.
AI agents call get-project-basics to retrieve information from Codebase MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval and querying operations only. It reads project metadata and structural information within a restricted root directory with no capability to modify, delete, or execute code. The sibling tools (list-directory, read-file-with-metadata, search-config-files) are similarly read-only operations, confirming the safe scope of this server.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Retrieves essential project information' and 'Retrieves' is explicitly listed as a Read operation. The tool accesses package.json details and directory structure without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieves essential project information including package.json details, directory structure. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Codebase MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Codebase MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-project-basics: 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 Codebase MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get-project-basics 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-project-basics 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-project-basics. 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-project-basics is provided by the Codebase MCP Server MCP server (myunghobae/codebase-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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