Get coding guidelines, architectural standards, and JSDoc rules for this project.
AI agents call get_agent_instructions to retrieve information from Project Graph without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool fetches and returns existing project documentation and standards. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects, cannot modify data, execute code, or trigger external operations. The low severity reflects that accessing project guidelines poses minimal risk even if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'coding guidelines, architectural standards, and JSDoc rules' — purely informational lookup with no modification or execution capability.
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Get coding guidelines, architectural standards, and JSDoc rules for this project. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Project Graph MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Project Graph MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_agent_instructions: 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 Project Graph. Nothing to install.
get_agent_instructions 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_agent_instructions 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_agent_instructions. 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_agent_instructions is provided by the Project Graph MCP server (rnd-pro/project-graph-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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