Search for code symbols (functions, classes, methods, types, etc.) by name or keyword. Returns matching symbols with their locations, signatures, and export status. Use this as your FIRST tool when exploring unfamiliar code.
AI agents call codexray_search to retrieve information from CodeXRay without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool performs code search and symbol lookup — classic read operations. It queries a knowledge graph and returns metadata (locations, signatures, export status). There are no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no destructive operations.
From the tool's definition 'Search for code symbols' by 'name or keyword'; 'Returns matching symbols with their locations, signatures, and export status'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access codexray_search gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and CodeXRay, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for codexray_search:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"codexray_search": {}
}
}codexray_search is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for code symbols (functions, classes, methods, types, etc.) by name or keyword. Returns matching symbols with their locations, signatures, and export status. Use this as your FIRST tool when exploring unfamiliar code. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CodeXRay MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CodeXRay MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for codexray_search: 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 CodeXRay. Nothing to install.
codexray_search 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 codexray_search 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 codexray_search. 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.
codexray_search is provided by the CodeXRay MCP server (neuralrays/codexray). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from CodeXRay, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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