Get the current results of a poll in a Discord channel, including vote counts per option and whether the poll has ended.
AI agents call get_poll_results to retrieve information from Discord without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool has no side effects—it only queries existing poll state and returns information. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal, as an AI agent retrieving poll results poses negligible security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves and queries poll data ('Get the current results', 'vote counts per option', 'whether the poll has ended') without modifying, deleting, or executing any actions.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_poll_results gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Discord, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_poll_results:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_poll_results": {}
}
}get_poll_results is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the current results of a poll in a Discord channel, including vote counts per option and whether the poll has ended. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Discord MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Discord MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_poll_results: 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 Discord. Nothing to install.
get_poll_results 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_poll_results 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_poll_results. 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_poll_results is provided by the Discord MCP server (hardheadhackerhead/discord-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Discord, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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