Get a preview of a Discord server, including its name, icon, splash, emojis, stickers, and approximate counts. Works for discoverable guilds or guilds the bot is in.
AI agents call get_guild_preview to retrieve information from Discord MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
get_guild_preview is a data retrieval operation that queries Discord server metadata and public information. It has no capability to modify, delete, create, execute code, or affect financial state. The information returned is either already public (for discoverable guilds) or limited to guilds the bot is already in, minimizing misuse potential.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves preview information ('name, icon, splash, emojis, stickers, and approximate counts') without modification, deletion, or side effects. Verb 'Get' and description indicate read-only query operation.
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Get a preview of a Discord server, including its name, icon, splash, emojis, stickers, and approximate counts. Works for discoverable guilds or guilds the bot is in. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Discord MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Discord MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_guild_preview: 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 Discord MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_guild_preview 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_guild_preview 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_guild_preview. 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_guild_preview is provided by the Discord MCP Server MCP server (jackglick/discord-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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