🐙 List GitHub repositories available through the Ambiance GitHub App integration
AI agents call ambiance_list_github_repos to retrieve information from Ambiance MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation to enumerate or list GitHub repositories accessible to the integration. It retrieves information about repositories but produces no side effects, modifications, or state changes. It falls clearly under the Read category as a simple list/query operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ambiance_list_github_repos' and description 'List GitHub repositories available through the Ambiance GitHub App integration' indicate a retrieval operation that queries available repositories without modifying, executing, or deleting any data.
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🐙 List GitHub repositories available through the Ambiance GitHub App integration. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ambiance MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ambiance MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ambiance_list_github_repos: 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 Ambiance MCP Server. Nothing to install.
ambiance_list_github_repos 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 ambiance_list_github_repos 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 ambiance_list_github_repos. 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.
ambiance_list_github_repos is provided by the Ambiance MCP Server MCP server (sbarron/ambiancemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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