Return complete documents that best match a query when you need broader context than individual chunks.
AI agents call retrieve-docs to retrieve information from Morphik MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and returns documents based on a search query. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete records, or move money. It is a straightforward read operation similar to search or fetch. The low severity reflects that misuse would at worst retrieve unintended documents, which is a data confidentiality concern but not system-damaging.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Return complete documents that best match a query' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution. The verb 'Return' and context of matching documents indicate a read-only query against the Morphik database.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access retrieve-docs gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Morphik MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for retrieve-docs:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"retrieve-docs": {}
}
}retrieve-docs is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Return complete documents that best match a query when you need broader context than individual chunks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Morphik MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Morphik MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for retrieve-docs: 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 Morphik MCP. Nothing to install.
retrieve-docs 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 retrieve-docs 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 retrieve-docs. 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.
retrieve-docs is provided by the Morphik MCP server (morphik-org/morphik-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Morphik MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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