Get detailed information about a specific place using its Place ID.
AI agents call get_place_details to retrieve information from ArcGIS Location Services MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only lookup of place metadata using an identifier. There are no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no financial implications. The worst-case misuse would be excessive querying, which is a rate-limiting concern rather than a security risk. Severity is low because the data returned is already publicly available geographic information.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves detailed information about a place using its Place ID. The description indicates a query/fetch operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a specific place using its Place ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ArcGIS Location Services MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ArcGIS Location Services MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_place_details: 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 ArcGIS Location Services MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_place_details 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_place_details 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_place_details. 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_place_details is provided by the ArcGIS Location Services MCP Server MCP server (lwsinclair/arcgis-location-services-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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