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What get_profiles does on Anki
AI agents call get_profiles to retrieve information from Anki without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_profiles is rated Low
The verb 'get' is a standard Read category indicator. There is no evidence of data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact. The tool appears to query profile information for the Anki system. Confidence is slightly reduced due to the empty description, but the semantic clarity of 'get_profiles' is sufficient to classify with reasonable confidence.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_profiles' indicates a retrieval operation. The empty description is uninformative, but the naming convention and context within an Anki MCP server (which manages flashcard profiles/configurations) strongly suggests this fetches or lists…
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The rule that runs get_profiles safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Anki, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_profiles, this is the rule to start with:
get_profiles 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 Anki, apply this rule, and every get_profiles call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_profiles
get_profiles is a read tool on the Anki MCP server. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Anki MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Anki MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_profiles: 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 Anki. Nothing to install.
get_profiles 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_profiles 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_profiles. 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_profiles is provided by the Anki MCP server (@arielbk/anki-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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