Get steps data
AI agents call get_steps_data 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 retrieves fitness data (steps) from Garmin Connect without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward query operation analogous to 'get' or 'fetch' in the classification framework. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—exposure of step count data alone poses no financial, destructive, or operational risk, though it does reveal personal health information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_steps_data' and description 'Get steps data' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of external commands. Steps data is read-only personal health information.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get steps data. 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_steps_data: 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_steps_data 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_steps_data 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_steps_data. 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_steps_data 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.
get_steps_data is one line of Garmin MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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