AI agents call count_activities to retrieve information from Garmin Connect without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a simple read-only query to retrieve a count of activities. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete records, or involve financial transactions. It is a straightforward data retrieval operation with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'count_activities' and description 'Get total number of activities' indicate a query operation that retrieves aggregated data without modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access count_activities gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Garmin Connect, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for count_activities:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"count_activities": {}
}
}count_activities is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get total number of activities. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Garmin Connect MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Garmin Connect MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for count_activities: 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 Garmin Connect. Nothing to install.
count_activities 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 count_activities 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 count_activities. 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.
count_activities is provided by the Garmin Connect MCP server (nicolasvegam/garmin-connect-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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