Get comprehensive GitHub statistics for a user
AI agents call get_github_stats to retrieve information from GitHub MCP TypeScript SDK Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays GitHub user statistics (likely repo counts, contribution history, followers, etc.) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It produces no side effects and poses minimal security risk—the data returned is already publicly available or user-owned. Low severity reflects that misuse would only expose statistics information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_github_stats' and description 'Get comprehensive GitHub statistics for a user' indicate retrieval of statistics data with no modification or side effects.
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Get comprehensive GitHub statistics for a user. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub MCP TypeScript SDK Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub MCP TypeScript SDK Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_github_stats: 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 MCP TypeScript SDK Server. Nothing to install.
get_github_stats 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_github_stats 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_github_stats. 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_github_stats is provided by the GitHub MCP TypeScript SDK Server MCP server (om-shree-0709/github-mcp-ts-sdk). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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