Get detailed information about an app including its current rankings across all countries and platforms
AI agents call get_app to retrieve information from AppRanks MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves app store data with no side effects. It performs information lookup only, matching the Read category. Severity is low because misuse would only result in data retrieval without risk of data loss, financial impact, or system compromise.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'detailed information about an app' and 'current rankings' without modifying or deleting data. Description uses read-only operations (get, query).
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about an app including its current rankings across all countries and platforms. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AppRanks MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AppRanks MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_app: 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 AppRanks MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_app 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_app 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_app. 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_app is provided by the AppRanks MCP Server MCP server (kanzelsberger/appranks). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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