Check the status of a security scan.
AI agents call get_scan_status to retrieve information from Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation to retrieve the current status of an existing security scan. It has no side effects, does not execute code, and does not modify or delete data. The action is purely informational and falls squarely into the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_scan_status' and description 'Check the status of a security scan' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying, executing, or deleting any data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_scan_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_scan_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_scan_status": {}
}
} get_scan_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Check the status of a security scan. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_scan_status: 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 Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_scan_status 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_scan_status 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_scan_status. 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_scan_status is provided by the Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server MCP server (awslabs.bedrock-kb-retrieval-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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