get_page_text
AI agents call get_page_text to retrieve information from Selenium 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 or queries page content (text) from a browser without modifying state, creating data, executing code, or causing side effects. Although the description is empty, the name and the server context strongly suggest a benign read operation. The sibling tools confirm this server includes purely informational tools alongside interactive/execute capabilities.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_page_text' indicates text retrieval from a webpage. The sibling tools include other read-only operations (get_accessibility_tree, get_current_tab, get_page_title, get_tabs, get_interactive_elements), establishing a pattern of non-mutating read…
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get_page_text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Selenium MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Selenium MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_page_text: 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 Selenium MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_page_text 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_page_text 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_page_text. 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_page_text is provided by the Selenium MCP Server MCP server (nayakprashant/selenium-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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