discord_get_guild_preview
Get public preview information about a guild without being a member
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What discord_get_guild_preview does on Discord
AI agents call discord_get_guild_preview to retrieve information from Discord without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why discord_get_guild_preview is rated Low
This tool retrieves publicly available guild preview data without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a pure read operation that poses minimal security risk—the information is intended to be public and accessible without membership. Severity is low because the blast radius of misuse (accessing public guild info) is limited.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval of public information: 'Get public preview information about a guild without being a member'. The action is read-only with no side effects.
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The rule that runs discord_get_guild_preview safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Discord, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For discord_get_guild_preview, this is the rule to start with:
discord_get_guild_preview is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Discord, apply this rule, and every discord_get_guild_preview call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about discord_get_guild_preview
Get public preview information about a guild without being a member. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Discord MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Discord MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discord_get_guild_preview: 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 Discord. Nothing to install.
discord_get_guild_preview 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 discord_get_guild_preview 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 discord_get_guild_preview. 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.
discord_get_guild_preview is provided by the Discord MCP server (arrrnmp/discord-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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