bak_isos_by_kategorie
AI agents call bak_isos_by_kategorie to retrieve information from Pypi:swiss Culture without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Given the consistent pattern of sibling tools (all read-only queries against public cultural heritage datasets from the Federal Office of Culture) and the naming convention, this tool almost certainly retrieves or filters ISOS townscape records by category. No side effects or data modification capabilities are implied.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'bak_isos_by_kategorie' follows the naming pattern of sibling tools (bak_isos_by_kanton, bak_search_isos, bak_get_isos_detail) which are query/retrieval operations against Swiss cultural heritage data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
bak_isos_by_kategorie. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pypi:swiss Culture MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pypi:swiss Culture MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bak_isos_by_kategorie: 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 Pypi:swiss Culture. Nothing to install.
bak_isos_by_kategorie 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 bak_isos_by_kategorie 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 bak_isos_by_kategorie. 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.
bak_isos_by_kategorie is provided by the Pypi:swiss Culture MCP server (malkreide/swiss-culture-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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