Check GitHub authentication status and rate limits
AI agents call github_auth_status to retrieve information from MCP Server App without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only check of authentication status and rate limit information. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify data, and does not perform destructive or financial operations. The lowest blast radius would result from misuse—an agent could at most learn about rate limits or auth state, which is informational only.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'github_auth_status' and description 'Check GitHub authentication status and rate limits' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
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Check GitHub authentication status and rate limits. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Server App MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Server App MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_auth_status: 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 MCP Server App. Nothing to install.
github_auth_status 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_auth_status 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_auth_status. 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_auth_status is provided by the MCP Server App MCP server (ovokpus/mcp-server-app). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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