Get all menu items from a specific category
AI agents call get_items_by_category to retrieve information from For Five Coffee MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and filters menu data from a café without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It is a straightforward read operation with no side effects. The low severity reflects minimal risk—misuse would only expose existing menu information that is already public information from the café.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_items_by_category' and description 'Get all menu items from a specific category' indicate data retrieval only.
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Get all menu items from a specific category. It is categorised as a Read tool in the For Five Coffee MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the For Five Coffee MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_items_by_category: 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 For Five Coffee MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_items_by_category 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_items_by_category 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_items_by_category. 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_items_by_category is provided by the For Five Coffee MCP Server MCP server (kong/for-five-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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