Returns the current server configuration: active data directory, storage mode, and data statistics (capture and analysis counts).
AI agents call get_server_config 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 performs a simple query of server configuration state. It retrieves information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The data returned (directory paths, storage mode, statistics counts) are informational only. While the configuration details could theoretically inform a subsequent attack, the tool itself is purely informational and poses minimal direct risk.
From the tool's definition Tool 'get_server_config' returns/retrieves configuration data: 'active data directory, storage mode, and data statistics'. The verb 'Returns' and the read-only nature of configuration inspection indicate no data modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Returns the current server configuration: active data directory, storage mode, and data statistics (capture and analysis counts). 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_server_config: 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_server_config 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_server_config 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_server_config. 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_server_config 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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