mautic_diagnose_permissions
Diagnose API permissions: returns the authenticated user, their role, and all granted permissions. Useful for debugging 403 errors.
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What mautic_diagnose_permissions does on Mcp Mautic
AI agents call mautic_diagnose_permissions to retrieve information from Mcp Mautic without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why mautic_diagnose_permissions is rated Low
This is a diagnostic read-only tool that retrieves metadata about the current user's authentication state and permissions. It does not modify data, execute commands, delete anything, or move money. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker learns what permissions the compromised credential possesses, which is already known to them upon compromise. This is purely informational.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'returns the authenticated user, their role, and all granted permissions' — a query operation with no side effects or modifications.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs mautic_diagnose_permissions safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Mautic, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For mautic_diagnose_permissions, this is the rule to start with:
mautic_diagnose_permissions 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 Mcp Mautic, apply this rule, and every mautic_diagnose_permissions call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about mautic_diagnose_permissions
Diagnose API permissions: returns the authenticated user, their role, and all granted permissions. Useful for debugging 403 errors. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Mautic MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Mautic MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mautic_diagnose_permissions: 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 Mcp Mautic. Nothing to install.
mautic_diagnose_permissions 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 mautic_diagnose_permissions 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 mautic_diagnose_permissions. 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.
mautic_diagnose_permissions is provided by the Mcp Mautic MCP server (esanum/mcp-mautic). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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