Analyze query execution plan and optimizer decisions.
AI agents call mysql_query_optimizer_analysis to retrieve information from Mysql without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves and analyzes optimizer metadata and execution plans. It does not execute queries (which would be Execute), modify data (Write), or delete data (Destructive). The server is advertised as 'read-only queries', reinforcing that this is a Read category tool. Low severity because the blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure about query performance.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'analysis' and description states 'Analyze query execution plan' — these are read-only introspection operations that examine existing query plans without modifying data or executing arbitrary queries.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access mysql_query_optimizer_analysis gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mysql, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for mysql_query_optimizer_analysis:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"mysql_query_optimizer_analysis": {}
}
}mysql_query_optimizer_analysis is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Analyze query execution plan and optimizer decisions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mysql MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mysql MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mysql_query_optimizer_analysis: 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 Mysql. Nothing to install.
mysql_query_optimizer_analysis 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 mysql_query_optimizer_analysis 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 mysql_query_optimizer_analysis. 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.
mysql_query_optimizer_analysis is provided by the Mysql MCP server (mukul975/mysql-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Mysql, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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