Search for repositories on the Forgejo instance
AI agents call search_repos to retrieve information from Forgejo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves information about repositories without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a read-only search operation that merely queries existing repository metadata. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—at worst, an agent could discover repositories it shouldn't know about, but cannot modify or harm them.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_repos' and description 'Search for repositories on the Forgejo instance' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_repos gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Forgejo, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_repos:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_repos": {}
}
}search_repos is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for repositories on the Forgejo instance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Forgejo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Forgejo 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 Forgejo. 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 Forgejo MCP server (sqcows/forgejo-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Forgejo, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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