get_daily_meals

Get detailed meal-by-meal breakdown with all foods, servings, and calories.

Server Myfitnesspal linares222/mcp-myfitnesspal
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_daily_meals does on Myfitnesspal

AI agents call get_daily_meals to retrieve information from Myfitnesspal without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_daily_meals needs a policy

This tool retrieves historical nutrition data from MyFitnessPal without any side effects. It reads meal information, food items, servings, and calorie counts. There is no capability to modify, delete, or execute actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only access the user's own nutrition data, which is already visible to the user themselves. This is a straightforward Read category tool.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_daily_meals' and description states 'Get detailed meal-by-meal breakdown with all foods, servings, and calories.' These are query/retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.

Questions about get_daily_meals

What does the get_daily_meals tool do? +

Get detailed meal-by-meal breakdown with all foods, servings, and calories. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Myfitnesspal MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_daily_meals? +

Register the Myfitnesspal MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_daily_meals: 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 Myfitnesspal. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_daily_meals? +

get_daily_meals is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_daily_meals? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_daily_meals 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.

How do I block get_daily_meals completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_daily_meals. 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.

What MCP server provides get_daily_meals? +

get_daily_meals is provided by the Myfitnesspal MCP server (linares222/mcp-myfitnesspal). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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