Query style guide rules and architectural patterns from project documentation.
AI agents call get_style_guide to retrieve information from Codebase Context without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries existing documentation artifacts (style guides, architectural patterns). It does not create, modify, delete, or execute code. The blast radius of misuse is minimal: an AI agent retrieving style guide information cannot harm the codebase, financial systems, or critical operations.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Query style guide rules' — the verb 'query' combined with reading from 'project documentation' indicates data retrieval with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_style_guide gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Codebase Context, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_style_guide:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_style_guide": {}
}
}get_style_guide is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Query style guide rules and architectural patterns from project documentation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Codebase Context MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Codebase Context MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_style_guide: 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 Codebase Context. Nothing to install.
get_style_guide 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_style_guide 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_style_guide. 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_style_guide is provided by the Codebase Context MCP server (patricksys/codebase-context). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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