Get top N resources by metric (CPU, memory, power, temperature). Useful for finding highest utilization, hottest servers, power consumption leaders, etc.
AI agents call get_top_resources to retrieve information from Intersight 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 monitoring data and provides filtered views of infrastructure metrics. It is a read-only query that returns telemetry information for situational awareness. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The worst-case misuse is an attacker gaining visibility into infrastructure metrics, which is low-severity compared to configuration changes or destructive actions.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get top N resources by metric' — a query operation that retrieves and presents existing telemetry data (CPU, memory, power, temperature) without modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_top_resources gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Intersight MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_top_resources:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_top_resources": {}
}
}get_top_resources is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get top N resources by metric (CPU, memory, power, temperature). Useful for finding highest utilization, hottest servers, power consumption leaders, etc. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Intersight MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Intersight MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_top_resources: 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 Intersight MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_top_resources 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_top_resources 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_top_resources. 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_top_resources is provided by the Intersight MCP Server MCP server (jim-coyne/intersight_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Intersight 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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