Get help and next step suggestions based on your current session state.
AI agents call get_contextual_help to retrieve information from Mcp Network Analyzer without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves contextual help information and suggestions based on the current session state. It performs no side effects, creates no resources, executes no code, and modifies no data. The operation is purely informational, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_contextual_help' and description 'Get help and next step suggestions based on your current session state' indicate a query/retrieval operation that provides informational guidance without modifying, executing, or deleting data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get help and next step suggestions based on your current session state. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Network Analyzer MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Network Analyzer MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_contextual_help: 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 Network Analyzer. Nothing to install.
get_contextual_help 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_contextual_help 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_contextual_help. 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_contextual_help is provided by the Mcp Network Analyzer MCP server (kylebrodeur/mcp-network-analyzer). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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