---
title: "read-symbol: a bounded read inside one indexed declaration, which refs --definition --source prints checked"
description: "An advisory by default: it explains, and blocks nothing, on a bounded read inside one indexed declaration, which refs --definition --source prints checked."
tags: [guard, rules, read-symbol, advise]
---

# read-symbol

An advisory by default: it explains, and blocks nothing, on a bounded read inside one indexed declaration, which refs --definition --source prints checked.

## What it catches

A bounded read inside one indexed declaration, which refs --definition --source prints checked.

## Why

Silent inside a method: refs resolves bare names, so its command would print every method of that name.

## Default and override

By default this rule takes the decision `advise`. A workspace sets it by name, in its root
magusfile, to `deny`, `advise` or `off`:

```buzz
magus\guard.builtins({"read-symbol": "deny"})
```

A loosening takes effect once it is committed; a tightening applies at once.

## Seeing it

A verdict names its rule in brackets, which is how you got here:

```text
advise [read-symbol]: ...
```

`magus describe rule read-symbol` prints the same entry at a terminal, and
`magus describe rules` lists every rule this workspace enforces.

## See also

- [All rules](index.md) - what this workspace enforces, deny first
- [The guard](../../guides/integrations/agents/guard.md) - how a verdict is reached and wired
- [Setting a built-in rule](../../guides/integrations/agents/guard.md#setting-a-built-in-rule) - how a workspace changes this default