Suggest reviewers based on recent commit authors in the branch.
AI agents call suggest_reviewers to retrieve information from GitHub PR Template Tools without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads git history and commit metadata to make suggestions. It performs a read operation on existing repository data without modifying state, executing code, or triggering side effects. The severity is low because reviewer suggestions are informational outputs that don't affect system state or pose security risks even if misused.
From the tool's definition Tool 'suggest_reviewers' analyzes and retrieves recent commit authors to recommend reviewers. The description indicates data querying ('based on recent commit authors') with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
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Suggest reviewers based on recent commit authors in the branch. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub PR Template Tools MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitHub PR Template Tools MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for suggest_reviewers: 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 PR Template Tools. Nothing to install.
suggest_reviewers 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 suggest_reviewers 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 suggest_reviewers. 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.
suggest_reviewers is provided by the GitHub PR Template Tools MCP server (sawantudayan/github-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
suggest_reviewers is one line of GitHub PR Template Tools's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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