get_registration_settings
Read the Nextcloud Registration app settings (self-service signup configuration), such as allowed email domains, whether admin approval is required, and the default group for new users. Requires the configured Nextcloud user to be an admin.
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What get_registration_settings does on AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server
AI agents call get_registration_settings to retrieve information from AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_registration_settings is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves registration settings (allowed domains, approval requirements, default groups) without modifying them. It is clearly a Read operation. Severity is medium rather than low because it exposes sensitive administrative configuration that could inform social engineering or account creation attacks, and it requires admin privileges, making unauthorized access moderately impactful.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description both indicate a read operation: 'Read the Nextcloud Registration app settings'. No modification, deletion, or execution occurs. It retrieves configuration data about self-service signup.
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_registration_settings safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_registration_settings, this is the rule to start with:
get_registration_settings 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 AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_registration_settings call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_registration_settings
Read the Nextcloud Registration app settings (self-service signup configuration), such as allowed email domains, whether admin approval is required, and the default group for new users. Requires the configured Nextcloud user to be an admin. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_registration_settings: 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 AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_registration_settings 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 get_registration_settings 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 get_registration_settings. 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.
get_registration_settings is provided by the AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server MCP server (elgorro/aiquila). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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