Search local markdown files under ./docs with simple keyword matching.
AI agents call search_docs to retrieve information from Simple Code Review Assistant 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 local documentation without side effects. It matches the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch).' The severity is low because the blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI could only read documentation that is already stored locally and presumably non-sensitive.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] local markdown files under ./docs with simple keyword matching.' No modification, deletion, execution, or financial operations are performed. The action is purely retrieval/querying of documentation.
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Search local markdown files under ./docs with simple keyword matching. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Simple Code Review Assistant MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Simple Code Review Assistant MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_docs: 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 Simple Code Review Assistant. Nothing to install.
search_docs 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 search_docs 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 search_docs. 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.
search_docs is provided by the Simple Code Review Assistant MCP server (sharath-ts-07/mcpassignment). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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