get_ancestors

What get_ancestors does on Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server

AI agents call get_ancestors to retrieve information from Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_ancestors is rated Low

This tool retrieves and returns data about ancestor relationships in the knowledge graph. It has no side effects, does not modify data, and does not trigger external operations. It is a straightforward data retrieval query, fitting the Read category. The severity is low because misuse would only expose existing stored knowledge rather than cause data loss, financial harm, or system compromise.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ancestors' and description 'Get all ancestor entities of an entity' indicate a retrieval operation that queries hierarchical relationships in the knowledge graph without modification.

The rule that runs get_ancestors safely

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

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

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