AI agents call github_list_workflows to retrieve information from Sage MCP 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 workflow metadata from a GitHub repository without side effects. It does not execute workflows, modify them, delete them, or trigger any external operations. The action is read-only, making it the lowest-risk category.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description states 'List GitHub Actions workflows' — a retrieval operation with no modification, execution, or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access github_list_workflows gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sage MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for github_list_workflows:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"github_list_workflows": {}
}
}github_list_workflows is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List GitHub Actions workflows for a repository. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sage MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_list_workflows: 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 Sage MCP. Nothing to install.
github_list_workflows 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 github_list_workflows 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 github_list_workflows. 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.
github_list_workflows is provided by the Sage MCP server (sagemcp/sagemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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