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What scan-code does on Ruflo
AI agents call scan-code to retrieve information from Ruflo without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why scan-code is rated Low
This tool performs static analysis or inspection of code to identify potential security issues. It retrieves and analyzes information without creating, modifying, executing, or destroying anything. The most severe risk is if false negatives cause users to deploy vulnerable code, but the tool itself performs no side effects. Categorized as Read since it queries/inspects code artifacts.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'scan-code' and description 'Scan code for security vulnerabilities' indicate a read-only analysis operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs scan-code safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ruflo, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For scan-code, this is the rule to start with:
scan-code is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ruflo, apply this rule, and every scan-code call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about scan-code
Scan code for security vulnerabilities. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ruflo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ruflo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scan-code: 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 Ruflo. Nothing to install.
scan-code 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 scan-code 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 scan-code. 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.
scan-code is provided by the Ruflo MCP server (ruvnet/ruflo). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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