Get details of an app from Apple App Store
AI agents call appstore_app to retrieve information from Mcp Store Scraper without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a straightforward data retrieval operation against a public app store. It queries and returns information about an application (details like name, description, rating, pricing, etc.) with no side effects, state changes, or ability to modify app store data or execute code.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get details of an app' which retrieves app metadata from Apple App Store without modifying, deleting, or executing operations. No creation, modification, deletion, or code execution is involved.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details of an app from Apple App Store. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Store Scraper MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Store Scraper MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for appstore_app: 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 Store Scraper. Nothing to install.
appstore_app 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 appstore_app 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 appstore_app. 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.
appstore_app is provided by the Mcp Store Scraper MCP server (lucasmonteiro1/mcp-store-scraper). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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