# content_extract_table

Extract a table's data as a list of row dictionaries.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `content_extract_table`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/content-extract-table

## Facts

- Tool: `content_extract_table`
- Server: Mcp Anything (`Zaymadkid/mcp-anything`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Zaymadkid/mcp-anything
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "content_extract_table",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why content_extract_table is rated Low

This tool retrieves structured data from a table and returns it in a new format (list of dictionaries) without altering the original data. No creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations occur. The action is purely informational with no side effects.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'content_extract_table' and description 'Extract a table's data as a list of row dictionaries' indicates data retrieval without modification. The verb 'extract' means to obtain/retrieve data in read-only fashion."

## Use case

AI agents call content_extract_table to retrieve information from Mcp Anything without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mcp Anything:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "content_extract_table": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mcp Anything (260)

- `cli_uninstall` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/cli-uninstall.md
- `component_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/component-remove.md
- `cookie_clear` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/cookie-clear.md
- `cookie_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/cookie-delete.md
- `doc_paragraph_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/doc-paragraph-remove.md
- `doc_remove_element` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/doc-remove-element.md
- `filter_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/filter-remove.md
- `layer_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/layer-remove.md
- `network_clear_log` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/network-clear-log.md
- `network_remove_interceptor` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/network-remove-interceptor.md
- `node_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/node-remove.md
- `object_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/object-remove.md
- `pres_slide_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/pres-slide-remove.md
- `scene_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/scene-remove.md
- `script_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/script-remove.md
- `selection_none` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/selection-none.md
- `session_reset` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/session-reset.md
- `sheet_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/sheet-delete.md
- `source_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/source-remove.md
- `storage_clear_local` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/storage-clear-local.md
- `storage_remove_local` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/storage-remove-local.md
- `build_configure` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/build-configure.md
- `build_run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/build-run.md
- `cli_by_category` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/cli-by-category.md
- `cli_install` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/cli-install.md
- `cli_run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/cli-run.md
- `element_click` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/element-click.md
- `element_hover` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/element-hover.md
- `element_scroll_to` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/element-scroll-to.md
- `form_submit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything/form-submit.md
- …and 230 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-anything.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=mcp-anything · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/mcp-anything