get_user_favorites
Get the current user's favorite recipes.
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What get_user_favorites does on Mealie MCP Server
AI agents call get_user_favorites 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_user_favorites is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves data (favorite recipes) belonging to the authenticated user. It performs no write, delete, execute, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only read a user's recipe preferences, which is low-sensitivity personal data in a recipe management context.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_user_favorites' and description 'Get the current user's favorite recipes' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_user_favorites 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_user_favorites, this is the rule to start with:
get_user_favorites 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 Mealie MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_user_favorites call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_user_favorites
Get the current user's favorite recipes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mealie MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mealie MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_user_favorites: 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 Mealie MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_user_favorites 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 get_user_favorites 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 get_user_favorites. 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.
get_user_favorites is provided by the Mealie MCP Server MCP server (graysoncadams/mealie-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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