AI agents call info to retrieve information from Ip without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The `info` tool only inspects and classifies IP address properties without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only query operation with no blast radius if misused by an AI agent—at worst, it returns metadata about a supplied address.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Classify[es] an IPv4 or IPv6 address' and returns classification metadata (version, private/loopback flags). No modification, deletion, execution, or side effects are performed.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Classify an IPv4 or IPv6 address: version + private/loopback/link-local/multicast/unspecified flags. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ip MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ip MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for info: 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 Ip. Nothing to install.
info 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 info 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 info. 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.
info is provided by the Ip MCP server (mukundakatta/ip-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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