Generate security-approved IAM policy for SQS ESM with scoped permissions. Uses pre-approved templates, not LLM generation.
AI agents call secure_esm_sqs_policy to retrieve information from Amazon ElastiCache Memcached MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool generates (outputs/returns) an IAM policy document using pre-approved templates. It does not apply, attach, or persist the policy — it only produces the policy text for review. This is effectively a read/query operation producing a templated document. No data is modified, deleted, or executed. Severity is low because misuse only results in an insecure or incorrect policy template being surfaced, not applied.
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Generate security-approved IAM policy for SQS ESM with scoped permissions. Uses pre-approved templates, not LLM generation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Amazon ElastiCache Memcached MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Amazon ElastiCache Memcached MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for secure_esm_sqs_policy: 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 ElastiCache Memcached MCP Server. Nothing to install.
secure_esm_sqs_policy 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 secure_esm_sqs_policy 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 secure_esm_sqs_policy. 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.
secure_esm_sqs_policy is provided by the Amazon ElastiCache Memcached MCP Server MCP server (awslabs.memcached-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.