Get a chat channel by OID, or by owner type/ID and chat ID.
AI agents call quire.getChat to retrieve information from Quire MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves chat channel data by identifier without performing any side effects, creation, modification, or deletion. It is a straightforward read operation on existing data. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—unauthorized retrieval of chat data is a confidentiality concern but does not enable data modification or destructive actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getChat' and description 'Get a chat channel' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification. Parameters involve looking up by OID or identifiers (owner type/ID and chat ID), characteristic of query operations.
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Get a chat channel by OID, or by owner type/ID and chat ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Quire MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Quire MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for quire.getChat: 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 Quire MCP Server. Nothing to install.
quire.getChat 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 quire.getChat 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 quire.getChat. 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.
quire.getChat is provided by the Quire MCP Server MCP server (jacob-hartmann/quire-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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