Search for FHIR resources in HealthLake datastore with advanced search capabilities. Returns up to 100 results per call. If pagination.has_next is true, call this tool again with the next_token to get more results.
AI agents call search_fhir_resources to retrieve information from Amazon Data Processing MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries medical data (FHIR resources) from AWS HealthLake without creating, modifying, or deleting information. It is fundamentally a read operation. Severity is medium rather than low because FHIR resources contain sensitive healthcare information (PHI/PII), so unauthorized or uncontrolled access could expose protected health information, but the tool itself performs no destructive or system-altering…
From the tool's definition The tool description states it "Search[es] for FHIR resources in HealthLake datastore" and "Returns up to 100 results per call." The use of 'search' and 'returns' indicates data retrieval with no modification capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_fhir_resources gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Amazon Data Processing MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_fhir_resources:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_fhir_resources": {}
}
} search_fhir_resources is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for FHIR resources in HealthLake datastore with advanced search capabilities. Returns up to 100 results per call. If pagination.has_next is true, call this tool again with the next_token to get more results. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Amazon Data Processing MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Amazon Data Processing MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_fhir_resources: 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 Data Processing MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_fhir_resources 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 search_fhir_resources 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 search_fhir_resources. 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.
search_fhir_resources is provided by the Amazon Data Processing MCP Server MCP server (awslabs.aws-dataprocessing-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Amazon Data Processing 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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