crystal_ideas

THE RISK

Low Risk

Why crystal_ideas needs a policy

This tool retrieves and displays previously captured insights and patterns from the memory system. It performs a query operation to surface stored knowledge without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any external actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent cannot cause harm by viewing memory insights, only by acting on them through other tools.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'crystal_ideas' with description 'View recent discoveries' indicates a retrieval operation. The verb 'View' and the read-only nature of displaying 'cross-memory connections, patterns, and insights' confirm no data modification or side effects occur.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access crystal_ideas gives an agent:

POLICY

How to control crystal_ideas

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Memory Crystal MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for crystal_ideas:

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "crystal_ideas": {}
  }
}

crystal_ideas is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

Create a free account and register Memory Crystal MCP Server — nothing to install.
Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

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EXPLORE

Related tools and policies

More Memory Crystal MCP Server tools

Destructive crystal_forget Archive or permanently delete a memory. Use archive (permanent=false, the default) to soft Write crystal_capture Capture a memory into Memory Crystal Write crystal_idea_action Take action on a memory discovery -- star it as valuable, dismiss it, or mark it as read. Write crystal_supersede Atomically replace a stale or incorrect memory with a successor. The old memory is archive Write crystal_checkpoint Create a manual Memory Checkpoint only when the user explicitly asks for a checkpoint or b Write crystal_create_knowledge_base Create a Memory Crystal knowledge base. Write crystal_edit Update an existing memory in Memory Crystal. Use to correct errors, add new information, o Write crystal_import_knowledge Import text chunks into a Memory Crystal knowledge base.

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Go deeper

The MCP Attack Database → Documented attack patterns against MCP deployments — and the policies that stop them.
Data exfiltration → How read access becomes an exfiltration channel when chained with untrusted content.
MCP token cost → What connecting this server costs in context-window tokens on every request.
Rate Limiting MCP Tool Calls: A Practical Guide →
MCP Security: Why Prompt Guardrails Aren't Enough →

FAQ

Questions about crystal_ideas

What does the crystal_ideas tool do? +

View recent discoveries your memory has made -- cross-memory connections, patterns, and insights found between sessions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Memory Crystal MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on crystal_ideas? +

Register the Memory Crystal MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for crystal_ideas: 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 Memory Crystal MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is crystal_ideas? +

crystal_ideas is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit crystal_ideas? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the crystal_ideas 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.

How do I block crystal_ideas completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for crystal_ideas. 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.

What MCP server provides crystal_ideas? +

crystal_ideas is provided by the Memory Crystal MCP Server MCP server (memorycrystal/memorycrystal). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Memory Crystal MCP Server tool call.

Start from Memory Crystal 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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