Retrieves configuration details for the active project, including schemes and targets.
AI agents call get_project_configuration 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 queries and returns project metadata (schemes, targets, configuration details) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and poses minimal risk if accessed by an AI agent, as it only exposes information about the project structure.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'get_project_configuration' and described as 'Retrieves configuration details for the active project, including schemes and targets.' The verb 'retrieves' and the lack of any modification language indicate a read-only operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_project_configuration 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 get_project_configuration:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_project_configuration": {}
}
}get_project_configuration is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieves configuration details for the active project, including schemes and targets. 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 get_project_configuration: 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.
get_project_configuration 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_project_configuration 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_project_configuration. 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_project_configuration 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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