AI agents call find_projects to retrieve information from Xcode without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists Xcode projects from a filesystem directory. It performs a read-only query operation that does not modify, create, delete, or execute any code. The blast radius if misused is minimal—worst case an AI agent discovers projects it shouldn't know about, which is an information disclosure rather than a destructive or execution risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_projects' and description 'Finds Xcode projects in the specified directory' indicate a search/discovery operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access find_projects gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Xcode, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for find_projects:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"find_projects": {}
}
}find_projects is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Finds Xcode projects in the specified directory. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Xcode MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Xcode MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_projects: 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 Xcode. Nothing to install.
find_projects 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 find_projects 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 find_projects. 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.
find_projects is provided by the Xcode MCP server (xcode-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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