Gets the media type Ids that may be a parent of the given media type. Counterpart of get-media-type-allowed-children — useful when validating where a media item of this type can be placed.
AI agents call get-media-type-allowed-parents to retrieve information from Mcp Dev 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 existing data (allowed parent relationships for a media type) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is purely informational for validation purposes, making it a Read category tool with low severity since misuse would only expose metadata about content structure rather than enabling unauthorized data modification or deletion.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-media-type-allowed-parents' and description 'Gets the media type Ids that may be a parent of the given media type' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Gets the media type Ids that may be a parent of the given media type. Counterpart of get-media-type-allowed-children — useful when validating where a media item of this type can be placed. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Dev MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Dev MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-media-type-allowed-parents: 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 Mcp Dev. Nothing to install.
get-media-type-allowed-parents 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-media-type-allowed-parents 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-media-type-allowed-parents. 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-media-type-allowed-parents is provided by the Mcp Dev MCP server (@umbraco-cms/mcp-dev). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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