Get your agent identity info — name, email, DID, scopes, and purpose (SELLER or BUYER)
AI agents call identity_whoami to retrieve information from Mailgent MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns identity metadata about the current agent without modifying, executing external operations, or affecting any data. It is purely informational and has no blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get your agent identity info' — a retrieval operation with no side effects. Returns read-only metadata: name, email, DID, scopes, and purpose.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get your agent identity info — name, email, DID, scopes, and purpose (SELLER or BUYER). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mailgent MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mailgent MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for identity_whoami: 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 Mailgent MCP Server. Nothing to install.
identity_whoami 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 identity_whoami 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 identity_whoami. 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.
identity_whoami is provided by the Mailgent MCP Server MCP server (loomal-ai/loomal-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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