Get summaries for one or more meeting recordings. Returns clean markdown with playback URLs stripped.
AI agents call get_summary to retrieve information from Fathom AI MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves meeting summaries without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It is a read-only query operation that extracts information from the Fathom AI API. The sibling tools (get_transcript, list_meetings, list_team_members, list_teams) are all retrieval operations, consistent with a read-focused API design.
From the tool's definition The tool description states it 'Get summaries for one or more meeting recordings' with the primary function of retrieving and returning data in markdown format.
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Get summaries for one or more meeting recordings. Returns clean markdown with playback URLs stripped. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Fathom AI MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Fathom AI MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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 Fathom AI MCP. Nothing to install.
get_summary 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_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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_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.
get_summary is provided by the Fathom AI MCP server (jerichosequitin/fathom-ai-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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