Retrieve all notes from a specific folder
AI agents call notes-get-notes to retrieve information from Notes MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a retrieval operation only. It fetches and returns existing notes without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The verb 'retrieve' and the read-only nature of the operation clearly place this in the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Retrieve all notes from a specific folder' - a query operation with no data modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access notes-get-notes gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Notes MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for notes-get-notes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"notes-get-notes": {}
}
}notes-get-notes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieve all notes from a specific folder. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Notes MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Notes MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for notes-get-notes: 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 Notes MCP. Nothing to install.
notes-get-notes 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 notes-get-notes 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 notes-get-notes. 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.
notes-get-notes is provided by the Notes MCP server (krasun/notes-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Notes MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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