AI agents call package_show to retrieve information from Data Gov 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 and displays dataset metadata without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward data query operation consistent with Read category tools. The low severity reflects minimal risk of misuse — an AI agent cannot cause harm by retrieving publicly available government dataset details.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'package_show' and description states it 'Get details for a specific package (dataset)' — a retrieval operation with no side effects. Sibling tools 'group_list', 'package_search', and 'tag_list' are all read-only queries.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access package_show gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Data Gov MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for package_show:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"package_show": {}
}
}package_show is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get details for a specific package (dataset). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Data Gov MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Data Gov MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for package_show: 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 Data Gov MCP Server. Nothing to install.
package_show 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 package_show 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 package_show. 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.
package_show is provided by the Data Gov MCP Server MCP server (melaodoidao/datagov-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Data Gov MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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