Export data from collection. If no filepath specified, returns the exported content directly. If filepath specified, saves to file inside Docker container.
AI agents call export to retrieve information from Codehooks Io MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool reads/exports data from a collection without modifying it. However, it can also write to a file inside a Docker container if a filepath is specified, which introduces a minor Write concern. The dominant action is data retrieval/export, making Read the most appropriate category. Severity is medium because exporting entire collections could expose sensitive data at scale.
From the tool's definition Export data from collection. If no filepath specified, returns the exported content directly.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access export gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Codehooks Io MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for export:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"export": {}
}
}export is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Export data from collection. If no filepath specified, returns the exported content directly. If filepath specified, saves to file inside Docker container. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Codehooks Io MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Codehooks Io MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for export: 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 Codehooks Io MCP Server. Nothing to install.
export 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 export 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 export. 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.
export is provided by the Codehooks Io MCP Server MCP server (restdb/codehooks-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Codehooks Io MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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