PostgreSQL_get_table_inheritance

What PostgreSQL_get_table_inheritance does on Postgres

AI agents call PostgreSQL_get_table_inheritance 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_table_inheritance is rated Low

This tool queries PostgreSQL system catalogs to retrieve inheritance hierarchy information. It is read-only, returns metadata only, and has no side effects. No data is modified, no code is executed, and no operations are triggered. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker gains only structural knowledge of the database schema.

From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'get' and description states 'Get table inheritance relationships' — purely retrieves metadata about table structure with no modification or execution of queries.

The rule that runs PostgreSQL_get_table_inheritance 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_table_inheritance, this is the rule to start with:

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

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