browser_get_text
AI agents call browser_get_text to retrieve information from Daytona Playwright 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 text content from the browser's DOM, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. It queries data without modifying state or executing external operations. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the naming pattern and context of sibling read tools (get_html, get_attribute) confirm this is a data retrieval function.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'browser_get_text' indicates text retrieval from web page elements. Sister tools include 'browser_get_html' and 'browser_get_attribute', establishing a pattern of information-retrieval operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
browser_get_text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Daytona Playwright MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Daytona Playwright MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for browser_get_text: 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 Daytona Playwright MCP Server. Nothing to install.
browser_get_text 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 browser_get_text 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 browser_get_text. 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.
browser_get_text is provided by the Daytona Playwright MCP Server MCP server (jamesmurdza/playwright-daytona-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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