AI agents call analyze_dependencies to retrieve information from MCP Code Indexer without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and examines dependency relationships in a project—a read-only operation that queries existing project metadata. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute code. No side effects or irreversible changes occur. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent (worst case: noisy or verbose output about dependencies).
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'analyze_dependencies' and description 'analyze project dependencies' (translated from Chinese). The verb 'analyze' indicates inspection/querying of existing data without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access analyze_dependencies gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Code Indexer, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for analyze_dependencies:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"analyze_dependencies": {}
}
}analyze_dependencies is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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分析项目依赖关系. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Code Indexer MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Code Indexer MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_dependencies: 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 MCP Code Indexer. Nothing to install.
analyze_dependencies 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 analyze_dependencies 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 analyze_dependencies. 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.
analyze_dependencies is provided by the MCP Code Indexer MCP server (zxfgds/mcp-code-indexer). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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