export_crawl
AI agents call export_crawl to retrieve information from Screaming Frog without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Based on the tool name alone, 'export_crawl' likely retrieves and exports crawl data — a read-like operation. The server description mentions 'exporting data' as one of its core functions, supporting this interpretation. However, the empty description lowers confidence. Severity is medium because exporting crawl data could expose sensitive site structure information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'export_crawl'; description is empty and uninformative.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
export_crawl. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Screaming Frog MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Screaming Frog MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for export_crawl: 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 Screaming Frog. Nothing to install.
export_crawl 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 export_crawl 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 export_crawl. 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.
export_crawl is provided by the Screaming Frog MCP server (marykovziridze/screaming-frog-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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