AI agents call sam_logs 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.
The tool appears to retrieve or query logs, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. The empty description reduces confidence slightly, but the context of a Knowledge Base Retrieval server and the naming pattern strongly indicate a read operation. Log retrieval has minimal blast radius if misused—an AI agent might retrieve sensitive logs but cannot modify or delete them with this tool alone.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'sam_logs' suggests retrieval of AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model) logs. The description is empty, but the naming convention aligns with log retrieval/querying operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access sam_logs 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 sam_logs:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"sam_logs": {}
}
} sam_logs is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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sam_logs. 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 sam_logs: 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.
sam_logs 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 sam_logs 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 sam_logs. 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.
sam_logs 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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