AI agents call get_focus to retrieve information from Mementos without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves the current focus project configuration for an agent. It performs a read-only query with no side effects, no data modification, and no external operations triggered. The operation is informational only, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_focus' and description 'Get the current focus project for an agent' indicate a query operation that retrieves state without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the current focus project for an agent. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mementos MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mementos MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_focus: 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 Mementos. Nothing to install.
get_focus 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_focus 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_focus. 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_focus is provided by the Mementos MCP server (@hasna/mementos). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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