Get full details about a specific API by name.
AI agents call get_api_detail to retrieve information from Mcp Public Apis 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 information about APIs from a dataset—a read-only operation. There are no indications that it modifies data, executes code, deletes resources, or involves financial transactions. The 'full details' retrieved are informational outputs that do not affect system state.
From the tool's definition The tool retrieves full details about a specific API by name, performing a lookup/query operation with no side effects. The description uses 'Get' which is a classic Read verb indicating data retrieval only.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get full details about a specific API by name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Public Apis MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Public Apis MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_api_detail: 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 Mcp Public Apis. Nothing to install.
get_api_detail 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_api_detail 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_api_detail. 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_api_detail is provided by the Mcp Public Apis MCP server (josephsenior/pblic-apis-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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