get_all_nets

What get_all_nets does on Altium-MCP-Suite

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

Why get_all_nets is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries existing data from an Altium PCB document without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and presents minimal risk if called by an AI agent, as it only returns informational data about the current project state.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_all_nets' and description states it will 'Return every unique net name in the active PCB document.' The verb 'Return' and the read-only nature of querying existing net data with no modification capability indicates a retrieval operation.

Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

The rule that runs get_all_nets safely

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

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

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