Read data from a worksheet
AI agents call read_data to retrieve information from ContextForge MCP Gateway without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves data without side effects. Reading from a worksheet is a query operation that does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an attacker could access sensitive data in the worksheet, but cannot alter system state or trigger external operations. Severity is low because the harm is limited to information disclosure from a single worksheet.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'read_data' and description states 'Read data from a worksheet' — explicit read operation with no modification, deletion, or code execution.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Read data from a worksheet. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for read_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 ContextForge MCP Gateway. Nothing to install.
read_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 read_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 read_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.
read_data is provided by the ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP server (jrmatherly/mcp-context-forge). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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