editor_get_project_directory

What editor_get_project_directory does on Godot

AI agents call editor_get_project_directory to retrieve information from Godot without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why editor_get_project_directory is rated Low

This tool retrieves configuration or metadata about the Godot project structure (resource and user directories). It performs no side effects, creates no resources, executes no code, and makes no modifications. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk, even in an autonomous agent context, since it only exposes path information that is typically non-sensitive project configuration data.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'editor_get_project_directory' and description 'Get project res:// and user:// paths' indicate a query operation that retrieves filesystem paths without modifying or executing anything.

The rule that runs editor_get_project_directory safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Godot, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For editor_get_project_directory, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "editor_get_project_directory": {}
  }
}

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