github_analyze_pr
AI agents call github_analyze_pr to retrieve information from GitHub Code Review Assistant without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool appears to analyze pull requests—a read operation that retrieves and examines code data without creating, modifying, or deleting anything. No side effects are expected. Confidence is moderate (0.75) rather than high because the description is empty and the tool's exact scope is inferred from context. If the tool actually executed code or made API calls based on analysis, it would be Execute instead.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'github_analyze_pr' suggests code analysis. Description is empty, but sibling tools like 'github_get_pr_details', 'github_get_pr_diff', 'github_get_pr_files', and 'github_get_review_suggestions' indicate this server performs read-only analysis…
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github_analyze_pr. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub Code Review Assistant MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub Code Review Assistant MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_analyze_pr: 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 GitHub Code Review Assistant. Nothing to install.
github_analyze_pr 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_analyze_pr 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_analyze_pr. 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_analyze_pr is provided by the GitHub Code Review Assistant MCP server (sanjanaspanda/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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