Fetch the list of quick-reply shortcuts configured for the user account (messages.GetQuickReplies). Each entry has {shortcutId, shortcut, topMessage, count} — use the shortcutId with telegram-get-quick-reply-messages to inspect the stored messages. Optional
AI agents call telegram-get-quick-replies to retrieve information from MCP-Telegram without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a Read operation—it retrieves existing data (quick-reply configurations) from the user's Telegram account with no side effects or modifications. However, severity is elevated to 'medium' rather than 'low' because the userbot has full access to the user's personal Telegram account and can expose sensitive shortcut configurations, message counts, and metadata that could reveal patterns of communication or…
From the tool's definition Tool fetches and retrieves quick-reply shortcuts configured on the user account (messages.GetQuickReplies), returning structured data about shortcuts without modifying them.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access telegram-get-quick-replies gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP-Telegram, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for telegram-get-quick-replies:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"telegram-get-quick-replies": {}
}
} telegram-get-quick-replies is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Fetch the list of quick-reply shortcuts configured for the user account (messages.GetQuickReplies). Each entry has {shortcutId, shortcut, topMessage, count} — use the shortcutId with telegram-get-quick-reply-messages to inspect the stored messages. Optional. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP-Telegram MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP-Telegram MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for telegram-get-quick-replies: 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-Telegram. Nothing to install.
telegram-get-quick-replies 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 telegram-get-quick-replies 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 telegram-get-quick-replies. 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.
telegram-get-quick-replies is provided by the MCP-Telegram MCP server (mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP-Telegram, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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