get_bpa_violations_by_severity
AI agents call get_bpa_violations_by_severity to retrieve information from Semantic Model MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves previously-computed BPA analysis results filtered by severity. It reads data from the Best Practice Analyzer (mentioned in server description as having 71 rules) without side effects. While the description is empty, the naming pattern and context strongly indicate a data-retrieval operation. No data modification, code execution, deletion, or financial operations are involved.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_bpa_violations_by_severity' indicates a retrieval operation that fetches Best Practice Analyzer violations organized by severity level.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_bpa_violations_by_severity. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Semantic Model MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Semantic Model MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_bpa_violations_by_severity: 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 Semantic Model MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_bpa_violations_by_severity 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 get_bpa_violations_by_severity 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 get_bpa_violations_by_severity. 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.
get_bpa_violations_by_severity is provided by the Semantic Model MCP Server MCP server (nahtheking/semantic-model-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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