shodan_stats

What shodan_stats does on UnClick

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

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

Why shodan_stats is rated Low

This tool queries Shodan (a search engine for internet-connected devices) and returns statistics. It is a read-only operation that retrieves data without side effects. However, severity is elevated to 'medium' rather than 'low' because Shodan data reveals infrastructure and security posture information that could enable reconnaissance for attacks if misused by a malicious agent, even though the tool itself performs…

From the tool's definition Tool description states "Get aggregated statistics for a Shodan query" - a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of external systems.

Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query) · Handles credentials or secrets (api_key)

The rule that runs shodan_stats safely

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

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

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