Get a specific recipe action by ID.
AI agents call mealie_recipe_actions_get to retrieve information from Mealie MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves/queries a specific recipe action from the Mealie server by its identifier. The verb 'Get' and the absence of any modification, deletion, or execution language confirm this is a read-only operation. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only access existing recipe action data, with no ability to modify, delete, or execute code.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'mealie_recipe_actions_get' and description 'Get a specific recipe action by ID' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a specific recipe action by ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mealie MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mealie MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mealie_recipe_actions_get: 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 Mealie MCP Server. Nothing to install.
mealie_recipe_actions_get 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 mealie_recipe_actions_get 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 mealie_recipe_actions_get. 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.
mealie_recipe_actions_get is provided by the Mealie MCP Server MCP server (mdlopresti/mealie-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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