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get_api_summary

get_api_summary

How to control get_api_summary ↓

What get_api_summary does on Daraja API MCP Server

AI agents call get_api_summary to retrieve information from Daraja API MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why get_api_summary needs a policy

This tool retrieves or queries API summary documentation with no side effects. It follows the naming and functional pattern of other documentation-access tools on this server. No data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations are implied. The empty description prevents higher confidence, but the contextual evidence strongly suggests a read-only documentation lookup function.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_api_summary' and server context indicate retrieval of summary documentation. Sibling tools (get_daraja_api_doc, list_apis_by_category, search_daraja_apis) are all read operations querying Daraja API documentation.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_api_summary gives an agent:

How to control get_api_summary

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Daraja API MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_api_summary:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_api_summary": {}
  }
}

get_api_summary is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Daraja API MCP Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about get_api_summary

What does the get_api_summary tool do? +

get_api_summary. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Daraja API MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_api_summary? +

Register the Daraja API MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_api_summary: 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 Daraja API MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_api_summary? +

get_api_summary is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_api_summary? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_api_summary 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.

How do I block get_api_summary completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_api_summary. 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.

What MCP server provides get_api_summary? +

get_api_summary is provided by the Daraja API MCP Server MCP server (jackscodevault/mpesa-daraja-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Daraja API MCP Server tool call.

Start from Daraja API MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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