Get guidance and example steps for planning API tests. Returns structured information to help Claude plan API test steps.
AI agents call get_api_test_guidance to retrieve information from Decide Test MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool purely retrieves and returns guidance information—it does not execute tests, modify data, delete anything, or trigger external operations. It is informational/advisory in nature, similar to documentation or planning aids. The lowest severity applies since misuse would at most result in inappropriate test planning, not actual system changes.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Returns structured information to help Claude plan API test steps' and 'Get guidance and example steps'. The verb 'Get' and 'Returns' indicate pure information retrieval with no side effects, modifications, or execution.
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Get guidance and example steps for planning API tests. Returns structured information to help Claude plan API test steps. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Decide Test MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Decide Test MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_api_test_guidance: 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 Decide Test MCP. Nothing to install.
get_api_test_guidance 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_test_guidance 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_test_guidance. 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_test_guidance is provided by the Decide Test MCP server (k-n-t-lam/decide-test-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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