get_parent

What get_parent does on Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server

AI agents call get_parent 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_parent is rated Low

This tool retrieves hierarchical relationship information from a knowledge graph storage system. It performs a data query to identify a parent entity reference, which is a read-only operation with no side effects, data modification, or external state changes. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused—an agent could only retrieve information about relationships that already exist in the graph.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_parent' and description 'Get the parent entity of an entity' indicate a retrieval operation that queries relationship metadata without modification.

The rule that runs get_parent 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_parent, this is the rule to start with:

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

Questions about get_parent