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checkMaliciousWebsite

Check if a website domain has been flagged in the ScamSniffer blacklist as associated with crypto scams, phishing, or malicious activity.

How to control checkMaliciousWebsite ↓

What checkMaliciousWebsite does on Agentek Eth

AI agents call checkMaliciousWebsite to retrieve information from Agentek Eth without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why checkMaliciousWebsite needs a policy

This tool retrieves information from a security blacklist to determine if a domain is malicious. It has no side effects, creates no transactions, executes no code, and modifies no data. While the information could inform decisions about risky sites, the tool itself is a simple read operation.

From the tool's definition Tool performs a blacklist lookup check against ScamSniffer database - a pure query operation with no data modification, code execution, or financial impact. Description indicates it 'Check[s] if' a domain is flagged, which is a retrieval/verification action.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access checkMaliciousWebsite gives an agent:

How to control checkMaliciousWebsite

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Agentek Eth, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for checkMaliciousWebsite:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "checkMaliciousWebsite": {}
  }
}

checkMaliciousWebsite is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Agentek Eth — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about checkMaliciousWebsite

What does the checkMaliciousWebsite tool do? +

Check if a website domain has been flagged in the ScamSniffer blacklist as associated with crypto scams, phishing, or malicious activity. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agentek Eth MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on checkMaliciousWebsite? +

Register the Agentek Eth MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for checkMaliciousWebsite: 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 Agentek Eth. Nothing to install.

What risk level is checkMaliciousWebsite? +

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

Can I rate-limit checkMaliciousWebsite? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the checkMaliciousWebsite 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 checkMaliciousWebsite completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for checkMaliciousWebsite. 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 checkMaliciousWebsite? +

checkMaliciousWebsite is provided by the Agentek Eth MCP server (nanidao/agentek). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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