Get detailed information about a specific uploaded file including size, purpose, creation date, and processing status. Use this to verify file details before adding to vector stores.
AI agents call file-get to retrieve information from Universal OpenAI Vector Store 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 metadata about an existing file. It performs a query operation with no capacity to modify, delete, execute code, or trigger financial transactions. The sole purpose is to verify file details, making it a straightforward Read category tool with low severity, as unauthorized read access to file metadata poses minimal direct risk compared to write, execute, or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'file-get' and description indicates retrieval of 'detailed information about a specific uploaded file including size, purpose, creation date, and processing status' with no side effects or modifications.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access file-get gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Universal OpenAI Vector Store MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for file-get:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"file-get": {}
}
}file-get is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed information about a specific uploaded file including size, purpose, creation date, and processing status. Use this to verify file details before adding to vector stores. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Universal OpenAI Vector Store MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Universal OpenAI Vector Store MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for file-get: 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 Universal OpenAI Vector Store MCP Server. Nothing to install.
file-get 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 file-get 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 file-get. 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.
file-get is provided by the Universal OpenAI Vector Store MCP Server MCP server (jezweb/openai-vector-assistant-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Universal OpenAI Vector Store MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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