Scan local SSH environment: available private keys, SSH config hosts, known_hosts entries, and saved connections. Use this BEFORE remote_setup to discover what SSH resources are available on this machine.
AI agents call remote_ssh_info to retrieve information from Mcp Remote Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and enumerates SSH configuration and credential metadata from the local system without modifying or executing anything. It falls squarely in the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Scan[s] local SSH environment' and 'discover[s]' available resources. The verbs 'scan' and 'discover' indicate information retrieval with no modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Scan local SSH environment: available private keys, SSH config hosts, known_hosts entries, and saved connections. Use this BEFORE remote_setup to discover what SSH resources are available on this machine. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Remote Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Remote Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for remote_ssh_info: 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 Remote Agent. Nothing to install.
remote_ssh_info 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 remote_ssh_info 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 remote_ssh_info. 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.
remote_ssh_info is provided by the Mcp Remote Agent MCP server (knownothing20/agentport). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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