AI agents call sam_logs to retrieve information from Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The naming convention 'sam_logs' indicates a log-retrieval function typical of AWS serverless monitoring. While the empty description reduces certainty, log access is a read-only operation with no side effects on system state. The tool operates within the Amazon SNS/SQS messaging context where log queries are routine diagnostic operations. Confidence is modest (0.6) due to the lack of descriptive documentation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'sam_logs' suggests retrieving or querying logs (likely AWS SAM/CloudWatch logs), consistent with log retrieval operations. Description is empty, limiting confidence in the classification.
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 Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs, 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 Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs 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 Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs. 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 Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs MCP server (awslabs.amazon-sns-sqs-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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