Get weekly intensity minutes over a date range
AI agents call get_weekly_intensity_minutes 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 queries and retrieves fitness metrics (intensity minutes) from Garmin Connect for a specified date range. It has no side effects, does not modify data, and does not execute code or external operations. It falls squarely into the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_weekly_intensity_minutes' and description states 'Get weekly intensity minutes over a date range' — both indicate data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_weekly_intensity_minutes 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_weekly_intensity_minutes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_weekly_intensity_minutes": {}
}
}get_weekly_intensity_minutes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get weekly intensity minutes over a date range. 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_weekly_intensity_minutes: 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_weekly_intensity_minutes 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_weekly_intensity_minutes 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_weekly_intensity_minutes. 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_weekly_intensity_minutes 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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