get_manifest

What get_manifest does on Businys

AI agents call get_manifest to retrieve information from Businys without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_manifest is rated Low

This tool retrieves metadata about the server's capabilities (tool groups, resources, prompts) without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is purely informational and poses minimal security risk—typical of introspection endpoints. Even if an agent obtains the full manifest, it merely learns what tools are available, not their effects or how to use them maliciously.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_manifest' and description 'Returns the full capability manifest' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'Returns' and the read-only nature of querying a manifest confirm this is a data retrieval action.

The rule that runs get_manifest safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Businys, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_manifest, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_manifest": {}
  }
}

Questions about get_manifest