mine_sessions

What mine_sessions does on Trace

AI agents call mine_sessions to retrieve information from Trace without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why mine_sessions is rated Low

This is a read-only data retrieval and analysis tool. It accesses session logs to extract information and patterns, with no side effects or modifications. However, severity is elevated to 'medium' because session logs may contain sensitive information (user choices, codebase structure, internal decisions, debugging details) that could pose privacy or security risks if misused by an unauthorized agent or disclosed…

From the tool's definition Tool name 'mine_sessions' and description explicitly indicate retrieving and analyzing historical session logs ('Mine Claude Code / Claw Code session logs') for information extraction (architectural decisions, tech choices, bug root causes, preferences).

Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation

The rule that runs mine_sessions safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Trace, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For mine_sessions, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "mine_sessions": {}
  }
}

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