Fetch and parse the sitemap tree from a website URL
AI agents call get_sitemap_tree to retrieve information from Sitemap MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and reads sitemap data from a website. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute commands, delete resources, or move funds. The sibling tools (get_sitemap_pages, get_sitemap_stats) and the server's purpose (sitemap querying) confirm this is a read-only information retrieval operation.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'get_sitemap_tree' and described as 'Fetch and parse the sitemap tree from a website URL' — uses retrieval verbs (fetch, parse) with no modification or deletion capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_sitemap_tree gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sitemap MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_sitemap_tree:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_sitemap_tree": {}
}
}get_sitemap_tree is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Fetch and parse the sitemap tree from a website URL. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sitemap MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sitemap MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_sitemap_tree: 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 Sitemap MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_sitemap_tree 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_sitemap_tree 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_sitemap_tree. 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_sitemap_tree is provided by the Sitemap MCP Server MCP server (mugoosse/sitemap-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Sitemap MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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