AI agents call pr_get_work_status to retrieve information from Pr Review without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves status information about an ongoing coordination run. It is a read-only query that does not create, modify, delete, execute arbitrary code, or commit financial changes. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only learn the status of PR review coordination runs, not alter them or trigger side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'pr_get_work_status' and description 'Get current coordination run status and progress' both indicate a retrieval operation that queries state without modifying it.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get current coordination run status and progress. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pr Review MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pr Review MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for pr_get_work_status: 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 Pr Review. Nothing to install.
pr_get_work_status 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 pr_get_work_status 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 pr_get_work_status. 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.
pr_get_work_status is provided by the Pr Review MCP server (thebtf/pr-review-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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