AI agents call laws_article to retrieve information from Legalize without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves legal information without side effects. It follows the read-only pattern consistent with sibling tools (laws_get, laws_list, etc.). The query nature and data retrieval purpose with no destructive or state-changing capabilities classify it as Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate querying (조회 = 'query/retrieve') specific articles of laws. The server description confirms it 'provides tools for querying Korean laws' with 'natural language access to legal data.' No modification, deletion, or execution…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access laws_article gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Legalize, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for laws_article:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"laws_article": {}
}
}laws_article is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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법령의 특정 조문을 조회합니다. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Legalize MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Legalize MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for laws_article: 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 Legalize. Nothing to install.
laws_article 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 laws_article 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 laws_article. 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.
laws_article is provided by the Legalize MCP server (legalize-kr/cli-tools). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Legalize, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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