List recent commits for a project. Filter by branch or file path.
AI agents call list_commits to retrieve information from Mcp Gitlab without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves commit history—a read-only operation with no side effects. It queries existing data and returns filtered results based on branch or file path parameters. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. This is a classic Read category operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_commits' and description 'List recent commits for a project. Filter by branch or file path.' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification, creation, or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List recent commits for a project. Filter by branch or file path. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Gitlab MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Gitlab MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_commits: 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 Mcp Gitlab. Nothing to install.
list_commits 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_commits 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_commits. 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_commits is provided by the Mcp Gitlab MCP server (wanadev/gitlab-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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