AI agents call get_query_template_tool to retrieve information from Tree Sitter without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool appears to retrieve or fetch query templates for code analysis, which would be a read operation with no side effects. The absence of description lowers confidence slightly, but the 'get_' prefix and read-oriented sibling tools (find_similar_code, find_text) suggest this is a retrieval function. Low severity due to read-only nature with minimal blast radius for misuse.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_query_template_tool' suggests retrieval of query templates; server context indicates code analysis capabilities using tree-sitter. No description provided, but naming pattern aligns with read operations like 'get' and 'find_*' sibling tools.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_query_template_tool gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Tree Sitter, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_query_template_tool:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_query_template_tool": {}
}
}get_query_template_tool is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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get_query_template_tool. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tree Sitter MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tree Sitter MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_query_template_tool: 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 Tree Sitter. Nothing to install.
get_query_template_tool 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_query_template_tool 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_query_template_tool. 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_query_template_tool is provided by the Tree Sitter MCP server (wrale/mcp-server-tree-sitter). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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