AI agents call github_repo_info to retrieve information from Maple without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves publicly available GitHub repository information (metadata and health signals). It performs a read-only query operation without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The restriction to public data further limits potential impact. This is a straightforward informational lookup with minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get public metadata and health signals for a GitHub repository.' The verb 'Get' and the qualifier 'public' indicate data retrieval with no side effects. No modification, deletion, or execution capability is implied.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get public metadata and health signals for a GitHub repository. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Maple MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Maple MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_repo_info: 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 Maple. Nothing to install.
github_repo_info 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 github_repo_info 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 github_repo_info. 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.
github_repo_info is provided by the Maple MCP server (omar2001ramadan/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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