get-proposals · Osmosis MCP Server MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What get-proposals does on Osmosis MCP Server

AI agents call get-proposals to retrieve information from Osmosis MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-proposals needs a policy

This tool retrieves governance proposal information from the Osmosis blockchain. The verb 'Returns' and lack of any modification, execution, or financial language clearly indicates a read-only operation. No side effects or state changes occur.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-proposals' and description 'Returns governance proposals on Osmosis' indicate a query operation that retrieves data without modification or execution of transactions.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

Questions about get-proposals

What does the get-proposals tool do? +

Returns governance proposals on Osmosis. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Osmosis MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-proposals? +

Register the Osmosis MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-proposals: 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 Osmosis MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-proposals? +

get-proposals is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-proposals? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-proposals 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.

How do I block get-proposals completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-proposals. 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.

What MCP server provides get-proposals? +

get-proposals is provided by the Osmosis MCP Server MCP server (myronkoch-dev/mcp-osmosis). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.