retrieveUserActioning
Retrieves all the actions for the user with the given Id that are currently inactive. An inactive action means one that is time based and has been canceled or has expired, or is not time based. OR Retrieves all the actions for the user with the given Id that are currently active. An active action...
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What retrieveUserActioning does on Fusionauth
AI agents call retrieveUserActioning to retrieve information from Fusionauth without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why retrieveUserActioning is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries user action data from FusionAuth without creating, modifying, or deleting any information. It is a pure read operation that returns state information about user actions. While it accesses security-relevant data (login-preventing actions), it has no side effects and cannot be misused to cause direct harm—it only exposes information the agent already has authorization to access.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'retrieveUserActioning' and description explicitly uses 'Retrieves' language multiple times. Describes querying/fetching user action states (inactive, active, login-preventing, all actions) with no modification or deletion capability mentioned.
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The rule that runs retrieveUserActioning safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Fusionauth, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For retrieveUserActioning, this is the rule to start with:
retrieveUserActioning 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 Fusionauth, apply this rule, and every retrieveUserActioning call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about retrieveUserActioning
Retrieves all the actions for the user with the given Id that are currently inactive. An inactive action means one that is time based and has been canceled or has expired, or is not time based. OR Retrieves all the actions for the user with the given Id that are currently active. An active action means one that is time based and has not been canceled, and has not ended. OR Retrieves all the actions for the user with the given Id that are currently preventing the User from logging in. OR Retrieves all the actions for the user with the given Id. This will return all time based actions that are active, and inactive as well as non-time based actions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Fusionauth MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Fusionauth MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for retrieveUserActioning: 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 Fusionauth. Nothing to install.
retrieveUserActioning 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 retrieveUserActioning 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 retrieveUserActioning. 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.
retrieveUserActioning is provided by the Fusionauth MCP server (@fusionauth/mcp-api). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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