Returns all providers subject to US CLOUD Act compelled disclosure (18 U.S.C. § 2713).
AI agents call get_us_cloud_act_providers to retrieve information from Sovereignty Scan without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a Read operation as it retrieves and lists information about providers and their regulatory exposure without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. Severity is medium because while the tool itself is non-destructive, the information it exposes (CLOUD Act exposure) could be misused by a malicious agent to select providers for targeted data exfiltration or identify high-risk deployment targets.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it "Returns all providers" - a retrieval/query operation with no modification or side effects. The name and description indicate data fetching of provider compliance information.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Returns all providers subject to US CLOUD Act compelled disclosure (18 U.S.C. § 2713). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sovereignty Scan MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sovereignty Scan MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_us_cloud_act_providers: 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 Sovereignty Scan. Nothing to install.
get_us_cloud_act_providers 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_us_cloud_act_providers 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_us_cloud_act_providers. 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_us_cloud_act_providers is provided by the Sovereignty Scan MCP server (mightbesaad/sovereignty-scan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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