Show detailed information about a specific bead including dependencies
AI agents call gt_beads_show to retrieve information from Claude Flow without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays information about a bead (likely a unit of computation in the swarm orchestration system) and its dependencies. There is no modification, execution, deletion, or financial impact. The operation is purely informational and read-only, making it the lowest-risk category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'gt_beads_show' and description 'Show detailed information about a specific bead including dependencies' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'Show' and phrase 'detailed information' are characteristic of read-only queries with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Show detailed information about a specific bead including dependencies. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Flow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Flow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gt_beads_show: 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 Claude Flow. Nothing to install.
gt_beads_show 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 gt_beads_show 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 gt_beads_show. 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.
gt_beads_show is provided by the Claude Flow MCP server (claude-flow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.