Get a brief description of a Go package
AI agents call describe_go_package to retrieve information from MCP Package Docs Server 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 structured information about Go packages—a read-only operation with no side effects, no code execution, and no data modification. The sibling tools (describe_npm_package, lookup_go_doc, get_hover, etc.) follow the same documentation retrieval pattern. Misuse would only expose information already publicly available in package repositories, posing minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'describe_go_package' and description 'Get a brief description of a Go package' indicate a retrieval operation that queries package documentation without modifying data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access describe_go_package gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Package Docs Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for describe_go_package:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"describe_go_package": {}
}
}describe_go_package is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get a brief description of a Go package. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Package Docs Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Package Docs Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for describe_go_package: 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 MCP Package Docs Server. Nothing to install.
describe_go_package 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 describe_go_package 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 describe_go_package. 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.
describe_go_package is provided by the MCP Package Docs Server MCP server (sammcj/mcp-package-docs). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 13 MCP Package Docs Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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