Get detailed information about an image file without loading the full image data
AI agents call image-info to retrieve information from Image Viewer MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata and information about existing image files. It performs no creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. The operation is read-only with no side effects, making it a clear Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get detailed information about an image file' which is a retrieval operation. The broader server description confirms the server's purpose is to 'display and interact with images from the local filesystem' without modification…
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Get detailed information about an image file without loading the full image data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Image Viewer MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Image Viewer MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for image-info: 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 Image Viewer MCP. Nothing to install.
image-info 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 image-info 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 image-info. 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.
image-info is provided by the Image Viewer MCP server (itrimble/image-viewer-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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