List every HTTPS call to github.com or api.github.com made by jobs in a specific workflow run. Useful for auditing which GitHub API endpoints a workflow touches — detecting writes to unexpected repos, surprising org access, or API calls from third-party Actions. Fast: one upstream API call. Requi...
AI agents call list_github_api_calls_in_run to retrieve information from Stepsecurity without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Even though list_github_api_calls_in_run only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs — an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List every HTTPS call to github.com or api.github.com made by jobs in a specific workflow run. Useful for auditing which GitHub API endpoints a workflow touches — detecting writes to unexpected repos, surprising org access, or API calls from third-party Actions. Fast: one upstream API call. Requires a run_id — if the user doesn. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Stepsecurity MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Stepsecurity MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_github_api_calls_in_run: 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 Stepsecurity. Nothing to install.
list_github_api_calls_in_run 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 list_github_api_calls_in_run 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 list_github_api_calls_in_run. 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.
list_github_api_calls_in_run is provided by the Stepsecurity MCP server (step-security/stepsecurity-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.