AI agents call get_great_people to retrieve information from Civ6mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves game state information about Great People status without modifying game data or triggering game actions. It fits the 'Read' category as a data query with no side effects. The severity is low because misuse would only expose strategic information, not cause irreversible damage or execute arbitrary operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_great_people' and description 'Get Great People that have been claimed and those available for recruitment' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution of game actions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get Great People that have been claimed and those available for recruitment. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Civ6mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Civ6 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_great_people: 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 Civ6mcp. Nothing to install.
get_great_people 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_great_people 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_great_people. 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_great_people is provided by the Civ6 MCP server (lowrykun/civ6mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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