Get detailed information about a specific module
AI agents call oakvar_module_info to retrieve information from OakVar MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata or information about an OakVar module without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a passive information retrieval function analogous to 'get' or 'describe' operations. No blast radius from misuse—an AI agent requesting module information poses minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'oakvar_module_info' and description 'Get detailed information about a specific module' indicate a query/lookup operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a specific module. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OakVar MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OakVar MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for oakvar_module_info: 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 OakVar MCP Server. Nothing to install.
oakvar_module_info 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 oakvar_module_info 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 oakvar_module_info. 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.
oakvar_module_info is provided by the OakVar MCP Server MCP server (miliyarsh/oakvar-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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