Get resting heart rate data for a specific date
AI agents call get_resting_heart_rate 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 retrieves existing health metrics (resting heart rate) for a user without modifying, writing, executing, or deleting any data. It is a straightforward read operation on fitness/health data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_resting_heart_rate' and description 'Get resting heart rate data for a specific date' use retrieval language ('Get') with no modification, creation, or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_resting_heart_rate 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 get_resting_heart_rate:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_resting_heart_rate": {}
}
}get_resting_heart_rate is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get resting heart rate data for a specific date. 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 get_resting_heart_rate: 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.
get_resting_heart_rate 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_resting_heart_rate 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_resting_heart_rate. 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_resting_heart_rate 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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