get_tool_by_slug

What get_tool_by_slug does on Mealie MCP Server

AI agents call get_tool_by_slug to retrieve information from Mealie MCP 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_tool_by_slug is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves an existing recipe resource without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and presents minimal security risk. The low severity reflects that unauthorized access to recipe data poses minimal harm, even in a multi-user environment.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_tool_by_slug' and description 'Get a specific recipe tool by its slug' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'Get' and the read-only nature of retrieving an existing recipe by identifier are consistent with Read category operations.

The rule that runs get_tool_by_slug safely

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

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

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