AI agents call virustotal_url_report to retrieve information from UnClick without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | Yes | |
api_key | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This is a read-only operation that fetches existing security scan data from VirusTotal. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, and does not modify any data. The tool only retrieves and returns information about a URL's reputation. While the information could theoretically be misused to target malicious URLs, the tool itself is purely informational and poses minimal risk.
From the tool's definition The tool performs 'Get a VirusTotal report for a URL', which is a retrieval operation that queries security information without modifying or executing anything.
Risk signalsAccepts URL/endpoint input (url) · Handles credentials or secrets (api_key)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a VirusTotal report for a URL. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
virustotal_url_report accepts 2 parameters: url, api_key. Required: url. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for virustotal_url_report: 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 UnClick. Nothing to install.
virustotal_url_report 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 virustotal_url_report 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 virustotal_url_report. 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.
virustotal_url_report is provided by the UnClick MCP server (@unclick/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
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