AI agents call get_ingestion_status to retrieve information from Rag without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves the current state/status of a document's ingestion process. It is a read-only operation with no side effects—it queries existing data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ingestion_status' and description 'Get current ingestion status of a document' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying, deleting, or executing operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get current ingestion status of a document. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rag MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Rag MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ingestion_status: 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 Rag. Nothing to install.
get_ingestion_status 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_ingestion_status 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_ingestion_status. 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_ingestion_status is provided by the Rag MCP server (mrankitvish/rag-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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