High-risk tools in Betterdb
2 of the 27 tools in Betterdb are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at high risk
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start_monitorExecute 3/5Start the BetterDB monitor as a persistent background process. If already running, returns the existing URL. The monitor persists across MCP sessions and must be stopped explici...
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stop_monitorExecute 3/5Stop a persistent BetterDB monitor process that was previously started with start_monitor or --autostart --persist.
Attacks that target this class
High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.
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