Get immediate child documents of a document
AI agents call docs_get_children to retrieve information from Docs 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 document structure information (child documents) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure query operation that returns data only, fitting the Read category with low severity due to minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'docs_get_children' and description 'Get immediate child documents of a document' indicate retrieval of document hierarchy metadata with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get immediate child documents of a document. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Docs MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Docs MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for docs_get_children: 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 Docs MCP Server. Nothing to install.
docs_get_children 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 docs_get_children 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 docs_get_children. 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.
docs_get_children is provided by the Docs MCP Server MCP server (nic01asfr/docs-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
docs_get_children is one line of Docs MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
Teams ship this data inside their own products. See what a licence covers →