Retrieve the bot user associated with the current token in Notion
AI agents call notion_retrieve_bot_user to retrieve information from Notion 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 returns information about the authenticated bot user without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The result is informational only and does not affect any state in Notion. Severity is low because the information retrieved (bot user identity/metadata) poses minimal risk if exposed to an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate a retrieval operation: 'Retrieve the bot user'. The verb 'retrieve' is a read-only action with no side effects. It fetches metadata about the bot user associated with the authentication token.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve the bot user associated with the current token in Notion. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Notion MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Notion MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for notion_retrieve_bot_user: 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 Notion MCP Server. Nothing to install.
notion_retrieve_bot_user 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 notion_retrieve_bot_user 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 notion_retrieve_bot_user. 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.
notion_retrieve_bot_user is provided by the Notion MCP Server MCP server (kimjungyeol/mcp-notion-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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