Get open issues, filterable by labels.
AI agents call github_issues to retrieve information from Perceptdot 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 GitHub issue data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is a read-only data retrieval operation that returns existing issues filtered by specified labels. The absence of any write, delete, or execute operations, combined with the explicit 'Get' verb in the description, places this firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'github_issues' and description 'Get open issues, filterable by labels' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or execution capabilities.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get open issues, filterable by labels. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Perceptdot MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Perceptdot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_issues: 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 Perceptdot. Nothing to install.
github_issues 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_issues 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_issues. 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_issues is provided by the Perceptdot MCP server (perceptdot/percept). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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