Zwraca listę nieprzeczytanych maili (nadawca, temat, data, krótki podgląd).
AI agents call get_unread_emails to retrieve information from AGH Mail 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 email metadata and previews without side effects. It is purely informational—reading unread mail status and basic message information from the IMAP mailbox. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The sibling tools include destructive/write operations (send_email, mark_as_read), but this tool only queries and returns data, placing it firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Zwraca listę nieprzeczytanych maili' (returns a list of unread emails) with metadata like sender, subject, date, and brief preview. No modification, deletion, or execution occurs.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Zwraca listę nieprzeczytanych maili (nadawca, temat, data, krótki podgląd). It is categorised as a Read tool in the AGH Mail MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AGH Mail MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_unread_emails: 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 AGH Mail MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_unread_emails 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_unread_emails 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_unread_emails. 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_unread_emails is provided by the AGH Mail MCP Server MCP server (nikodem5/agh-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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