# echo_mcp_roots

Echoes back the MCP roots provided by the client

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `echo_mcp_roots`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/echo-mcp-roots

## Facts

- Tool: `echo_mcp_roots`
- Server: Mcp Test Servers (`msfeldstein/mcp-test-servers`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/msfeldstein/mcp-test-servers
- 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": "echo_mcp_roots",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why echo_mcp_roots is rated Low

This tool retrieves and returns configuration data (MCP roots) that was already provided by the client. It performs no modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. It is purely informational/diagnostic in nature, making it a Read operation with minimal security risk.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'echo_mcp_roots' and description 'Echoes back the MCP roots provided by the client' indicate a retrieval/reflection operation with no side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call echo_mcp_roots to retrieve information from Mcp Test Servers 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 Test Servers:

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

## Other tools on Mcp Test Servers (66)

- `delete-project` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/delete-project.md
- `execute-sql` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/execute-sql.md
- `long-running-task` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/long-running-task.md
- `long-running-task-with-message` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/long-running-task-with-message.md
- `long-running-task-with-no-total` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/long-running-task-with-no-total.md
- `ping` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/ping.md
- `start-notification-stream` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/start-notification-stream.md
- `toggle_dynamic_tool` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/toggle-dynamic-tool.md
- `add` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/add.md
- `all_types_tool` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/all-types-tool.md
- `another-missing-type` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/another-missing-type.md
- `bad-param` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/bad-param.md
- `crash` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/crash.md
- `divide` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/divide.md
- `dynamic_feature` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/dynamic-feature.md
- `echo` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/echo.md
- `echo_structured` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/echo-structured.md
- `echo_with_params` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/echo-with-params.md
- `env_echo` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/env-echo.md
- `fizzbuzz` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/fizzbuzz.md
- `format_data` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/format-data.md
- `generate_big_response` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/generate-big-response.md
- `long_running_progress` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/long-running-progress.md
- `many-resources-tool` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/many-resources-tool.md
- `missing-type-tool` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/missing-type-tool.md
- `multiply` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/multiply.md
- `number-param` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/number-param.md
- `optionalTool` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/optionaltool.md
- `power` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/power.md
- `root-echo` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers/root-echo.md
- …and 36 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/mcp-test-servers.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-test-servers · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/mcp-test-servers