extract_presentation_text
Extract all text content from all slides in the presentation.
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What extract_presentation_text does on Cowork Bench
AI agents call extract_presentation_text to retrieve information from Cowork Bench without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why extract_presentation_text is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries text content from presentation slides without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It has no side effects beyond reading existing data, making it a Read category tool with low severity due to minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'extract_presentation_text' and description 'Extract all text content from all slides in the presentation' indicate data retrieval with no modification or deletion.
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The rule that runs extract_presentation_text safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cowork Bench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For extract_presentation_text, this is the rule to start with:
extract_presentation_text 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 Cowork Bench, apply this rule, and every extract_presentation_text call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about extract_presentation_text
Extract all text content from all slides in the presentation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cowork Bench MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cowork Bench MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for extract_presentation_text: 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 Cowork Bench. Nothing to install.
extract_presentation_text 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 extract_presentation_text 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 extract_presentation_text. 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.
extract_presentation_text is provided by the Cowork Bench MCP server (0717376/cowork_bench). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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