get_asset_properties

What get_asset_properties does on Unreal-MCP

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

Why get_asset_properties is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves asset property data from the Unreal Engine editor without modifying, creating, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and falls squarely within the Read category. The severity is low because exposure of asset metadata poses minimal security risk in the context of game development workflows.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_asset_properties' and description states 'Get all editable properties of an asset.' The verb 'Get' and the retrieval-only nature of reading properties without modification confirms this is a read operation.

The rule that runs get_asset_properties safely

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

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

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