Get Mealie startup information exposed by the app endpoint.
AI agents call get_app_startup_info to retrieve information from Mealie 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 application startup metadata from an informational endpoint. It performs a read-only query with no side effects, no code execution, and no data modification. The startup information is typically non-sensitive configuration or status data that helps initialize the client. This is a straightforward Read category operation with low severity given the informational nature of the data being accessed.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_app_startup_info' and description 'Get Mealie startup information exposed by the app endpoint' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution.
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Get Mealie startup information exposed by the app endpoint. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mealie MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mealie MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_app_startup_info: 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 Mealie MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_app_startup_info 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_app_startup_info 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_app_startup_info. 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_app_startup_info is provided by the Mealie MCP Server MCP server (nikopol666/mealie-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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