Get detailed information about the current InDesign document
AI agents call get_document_info to retrieve information from Indesign without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries document properties and metadata from an already-open InDesign file. It performs no modifications, deletions, code execution, or financial transactions. The operation is read-only with no side effects, making it a Read category risk with minimal severity even if exposed to an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_document_info' and description 'Get detailed information about the current InDesign document' indicate retrieval of metadata without modification or execution of side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_document_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Indesign, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_document_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_document_info": {}
}
}get_document_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed information about the current InDesign document. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Indesign MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Indesign MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_document_info: 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 Indesign. Nothing to install.
get_document_info 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_document_info 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_document_info. 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_document_info is provided by the Indesign MCP server (lucdesign/indesign-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Indesign, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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