ui_accessibility_query

What ui_accessibility_query does on Iconnect

AI agents call ui_accessibility_query to retrieve information from Iconnect without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why ui_accessibility_query is rated Low

This tool retrieves information about UI elements and their accessibility properties. It is a query operation that reads state from the accessibility subsystem without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing actions. While it could theoretically enable surveillance of UI state, the low severity reflects that accessibility queries themselves are informational and passive.

From the tool's definition Tool performs a 'Search' operation for UI elements using accessibility attributes (role, title, value, description, identifier). No modification, deletion, or execution is indicated. The description explicitly states it searches/queries without side effects.

The rule that runs ui_accessibility_query safely

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

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

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