Get the current mouse cursor position.
AI agents call get_mouse_position to retrieve information from Openowl without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool simply reads and returns the current mouse position—a stateless query with no ability to modify, execute, or affect system state. It poses minimal security risk even if misused by an AI agent, as it only provides informational data about cursor location.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_mouse_position' and description 'Get the current mouse cursor position' indicate a query operation that retrieves current state without side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_mouse_position gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Openowl, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_mouse_position:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_mouse_position": {}
}
}get_mouse_position is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the current mouse cursor position. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Openowl MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Openowl MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_mouse_position: 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 Openowl. Nothing to install.
get_mouse_position 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_mouse_position 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_mouse_position. 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_mouse_position is provided by the Openowl MCP server (mihir-kanzariya/openowl). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Openowl, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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