active_drugs
List currently active drugs and their remaining duration
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What active_drugs does on Agent Drugs
AI agents call active_drugs to retrieve information from Agent Drugs without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why active_drugs is rated Low
This tool retrieves state information about active prompt injections without modifying them. While the broader context (prompt injection attacks on AI agents) is concerning from a security design perspective, the tool itself performs only a read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate a read-only operation: 'List currently active drugs and their remaining duration'.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs active_drugs safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Agent Drugs, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For active_drugs, this is the rule to start with:
active_drugs is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Agent Drugs, apply this rule, and every active_drugs call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about active_drugs
List currently active drugs and their remaining duration. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agent Drugs MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Agent Drugs MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for active_drugs: 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 Agent Drugs. Nothing to install.
active_drugs 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 active_drugs 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 active_drugs. 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.
active_drugs is provided by the Agent Drugs MCP server (2389-research/agent-drugs). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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