Show git status of the output directory (branch, changes, remote).
AI agents call github_status to retrieve information from WP Astro MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the version control system state and reports back information. It has no side effects—it does not modify files, execute commands with side effects, or alter data. It is a read-only informational operation typical of git status commands used for monitoring workflow state.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Show git status' which retrieves information about the git repository state (branch, changes, remote) without making modifications. The verb 'show' indicates a query/display operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access github_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and WP Astro MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for github_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"github_status": {}
}
}github_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Show git status of the output directory (branch, changes, remote). It is categorised as a Read tool in the WP Astro MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the WP Astro MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_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 WP Astro MCP. Nothing to install.
github_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 github_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 github_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.
github_status is provided by the WP Astro MCP server (vapvarun/wp-astro-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from WP Astro MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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