Get current date for relative queries
AI agents call get_today_date to retrieve information from Cost Explorer MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool merely queries and returns the current date to support relative date calculations in cost queries. It has no side effects, cannot modify or delete data, and does not trigger external operations. It is a simple informational read operation with minimal blast radius if misused.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_today_date' and description 'Get current date for relative queries' indicate a simple retrieval operation. This returns system information (current date) with no data modification, deletion, or external operations triggered.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get current date for relative queries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cost Explorer MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cost Explorer MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_today_date: 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 Cost Explorer MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_today_date 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_today_date 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_today_date. 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_today_date is provided by the Cost Explorer MCP Server MCP server (milan9527/costexplorermcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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