Get the project overview: constitution (architecture, risk map, available knowledge) and dependency graph summary. This is the starting point for understanding any codebase. Always call this first.
AI agents call get_project_overview to retrieve information from Codecortex 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 structured knowledge about a codebase (constitution, dependency graph summary) without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting any data. It is a read-only operation that serves informational purposes. No side effects or state changes occur. The recommendation to 'Always call this first' reinforces its role as a safe, passive discovery tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_project_overview' and description 'Get the project overview...understanding any codebase' indicate retrieval of metadata (architecture, risk map, dependency graph summary) with no modification or execution of code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_project_overview gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Codecortex, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_project_overview:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_project_overview": {}
}
}get_project_overview is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the project overview: constitution (architecture, risk map, available knowledge) and dependency graph summary. This is the starting point for understanding any codebase. Always call this first. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Codecortex MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Codecortex MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_project_overview: 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 Codecortex. Nothing to install.
get_project_overview 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_project_overview 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_project_overview. 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_project_overview is provided by the Codecortex MCP server (rushikeshmore/codecortex). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Codecortex, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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