get_vm_console_url

What get_vm_console_url does on CloudStack MCP Server

AI agents call get_vm_console_url to retrieve information from CloudStack MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_vm_console_url is rated Low

This tool retrieves data (a URL) for accessing a virtual machine console. It has no side effects—it neither modifies resources, executes code, deletes data, nor commits financial transactions. While console access could theoretically be misused to interact with a VM, the tool itself only returns a URL; the actual console interaction is a separate step.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_vm_console_url' and description 'Get virtual machine console URL' indicate a retrieval operation that fetches a console URL without modifying infrastructure or executing commands.

The rule that runs get_vm_console_url safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and CloudStack MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_vm_console_url, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_vm_console_url": {}
  }
}

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