Get the community that a specific symbol belongs to, with all co-members.
AI agents call get_community to retrieve information from Srclight without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a read-only lookup operation that queries and returns information about code symbol relationships. It has no side effects, does not modify or delete data, does not execute code, and does not involve financial transactions. The narrow scope (membership retrieval) and informational-only nature result in low severity if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves community membership data for a symbol ('Get the community that a specific symbol belongs to, with all co-members'). Uses 'Get' verb and performs query/retrieval with no modification or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_community gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Srclight, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_community:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_community": {}
}
}get_community is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the community that a specific symbol belongs to, with all co-members. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Srclight MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Srclight MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_community: 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 Srclight. Nothing to install.
get_community 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 get_community 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 get_community. 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.
get_community is provided by the Srclight MCP server (srclight/srclight). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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