Extract text content from elements
AI agents call get_text to retrieve information from MCP Playwright Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves and extracts text from DOM elements without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is passive inspection of already-rendered web content. While Playwright can be used for malicious purposes (e.g., scraping sensitive data), the tool itself is a read-only operation that poses minimal risk if the target website and data are authorized for access.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_text' and description 'Extract text content from elements' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. This is consistent with the Read category pattern of querying/fetching data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Extract text content from elements. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Playwright Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Playwright Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_text: 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 Playwright Server. Nothing to install.
get_text 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_text 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_text. 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_text is provided by the MCP Playwright Server MCP server (mostafaraafat91/mcp-playwright-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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