列出 GitHub 倉庫最近的 commits 紀錄。
AI agents call list_recent_commits to retrieve information from GitHub Analytics MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool queries and retrieves commit history data from public GitHub repositories. It performs a read-only operation that retrieves existing data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only retrieve commit information already publicly available.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_recent_commits' and description indicating it 'lists recent commits' from GitHub repositories. This is a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
列出 GitHub 倉庫最近的 commits 紀錄。. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub Analytics MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub Analytics MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_recent_commits: 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 Analytics MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_recent_commits 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 list_recent_commits 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 list_recent_commits. 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.
list_recent_commits is provided by the GitHub Analytics MCP Server MCP server (pyroxyl/github-analytics-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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