Get earned badges for user
AI agents call get_earned_badges to retrieve information from Garmin MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns earned badge data for a user. It performs a simple read operation with no capability to modify, delete, or execute external actions. The severity is low because badge data is informational and non-sensitive health information; exposure carries minimal security impact compared to write/execute operations on the same server.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_earned_badges' and description states 'Get earned badges for user' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get earned badges for user. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Garmin MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Garmin MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_earned_badges: 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 Garmin MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_earned_badges 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_earned_badges 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_earned_badges. 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_earned_badges is provided by the Garmin MCP Server MCP server (jbaker48/garmin-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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