PostgreSQL_get_prepared_transactions

What PostgreSQL_get_prepared_transactions does on Postgres

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

Why PostgreSQL_get_prepared_transactions is rated Low

This tool queries PostgreSQL system tables to retrieve metadata about prepared transactions (likely from pg_prepared_xacts or similar). It returns informational statistics without modifying state, executing code, or triggering external operations. No side effects are described or implied. This is a standard diagnostic read operation commonly used for monitoring database health and transaction status.

From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval of transaction status information: 'Get the list and stats of prepared transactions'. The verb 'Get' and 'list' explicitly denote read/query operations with no modification or execution of arbitrary operations.

The rule that runs PostgreSQL_get_prepared_transactions safely

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

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

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