Fetch, clone, and package a GitHub repository into a consolidated file for AI analysis. This tool automatically clones the remote repository, analyzes its structure, and generates a comprehensive report. Supports multiple output formats: XML (structured with <file> tags), Markdown (human-readable...
AI agents call pack_remote_repository to retrieve information from Repomix without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves and analyzes remote repository data, packaging it into a consolidated file. While cloning involves network I/O and local temporary storage, the operation is fundamentally a read and aggregation of existing data with no destructive or write-persistent effects on the source repository. The 'security checks to prevent exposure of sensitive information' mitigates risk but does not elevate the category.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Fetch, clone, and package a GitHub repository into a consolidated file for AI analysis' and 'generates a comprehensive report' in multiple output formats. The verbs are fetch, clone, analyze, and generate—all read operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access pack_remote_repository gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Repomix, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for pack_remote_repository:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"pack_remote_repository": {}
}
}pack_remote_repository is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Fetch, clone, and package a GitHub repository into a consolidated file for AI analysis. This tool automatically clones the remote repository, analyzes its structure, and generates a comprehensive report. Supports multiple output formats: XML (structured with <file> tags), Markdown (human-readable with ## headers and code blocks), JSON (machine-readable with files as key-value pairs), and Plain text (simple format with separators). Also supports various GitHub URL formats and includes security checks to prevent exposure of sensitive information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Repomix MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Repomix MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for pack_remote_repository: 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 Repomix. Nothing to install.
pack_remote_repository 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 pack_remote_repository 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 pack_remote_repository. 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.
pack_remote_repository is provided by the Repomix MCP server (yamadashy/repomix). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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