Search GitHub repositories with filters. Supports GitHub search syntax including qualifiers like language, stars, topics, and more.
AI agents call search_repos to retrieve information from Mcp Github without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
search_repos queries GitHub repositories and returns matching results based on search criteria. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. This is a read-only retrieval operation with no side effects, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool performs repository search with filters (language, stars, topics qualifiers). Search operations retrieve data without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search GitHub repositories with filters. Supports GitHub search syntax including qualifiers like language, stars, topics, and more. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Github MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Github MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_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 Mcp Github. Nothing to install.
search_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 search_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 search_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.
search_repos is provided by the Mcp Github MCP server (sheeryn123/mcp-github-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
search_repos is one line of Mcp Github'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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