Get the current account status: plan (free | pro), credit balance, monthly quota usage,
AI agents call account_status to retrieve information from Shotbot Mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves account metadata (plan type, credit balance, quota usage) without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or committing financial transactions. It is a pure read operation with no destructive or executable side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'account_status' and description 'Get the current account status: plan (free | pro), credit balance, monthly quota usage' indicate retrieval of account information with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the current account status: plan (free | pro), credit balance, monthly quota usage,. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Shotbot Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Shotbot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for account_status: 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 Shotbot Mcp. Nothing to install.
account_status 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 account_status 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 account_status. 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.
account_status is provided by the Shotbot MCP server (shotbot-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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