AI agents call swarm_recommend_agent to retrieve information from Mcp Swarm without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries information about available agents and their suitability for given tasks, returning recommendations. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, execute code, or trigger external operations. The recommendation output is informational only, requiring explicit user action to deploy any recommended agent. This is a classic Read category operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'swarm_recommend_agent' and description indicate it analyzes task descriptions and recommends suitable agents.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
根据任务描述智能推荐最合适的专业 Agent。. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Swarm MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Swarm MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for swarm_recommend_agent: 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 Mcp Swarm. Nothing to install.
swarm_recommend_agent 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 swarm_recommend_agent 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 swarm_recommend_agent. 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.
swarm_recommend_agent is provided by the Mcp Swarm MCP server (moselu/mcp-swarm). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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