Search GitHub. search_type: repositories/code/issues.
AI agents call github_search to retrieve information from Android MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs searches across GitHub repositories, code, and issues—all read-only operations that retrieve information. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The search_type parameter confirms the action is limited to querying existing data. Despite being exposed on an Android control server, the tool itself has no capability to modify systems or trigger side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'github_search' with description 'Search GitHub. search_type: repositories/code/issues' indicates a query operation that retrieves and returns data without modification.
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Search GitHub. search_type: repositories/code/issues. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Android MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Android MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for github_search: 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 Android MCP Server. Nothing to install.
github_search 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_search 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_search. 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_search is provided by the Android MCP Server MCP server (wujie272/android-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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