Get detailed information about the currently active/foreground application including package name, activity, and version information
AI agents call get_current_app to retrieve information from MCP Android Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and queries the state of the currently running application on the Android device. It has no side effects—it does not modify, execute, or delete anything. It falls squarely into the Read category as a data retrieval operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] detailed information about the currently active/foreground application' with no modification, deletion, or execution of code/commands. It is purely informational retrieval.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_current_app gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Android Agent, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_current_app:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_current_app": {}
}
}get_current_app is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed information about the currently active/foreground application including package name, activity, and version information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Android Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Android Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_current_app: 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 MCP Android Agent. Nothing to install.
get_current_app 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_current_app 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_current_app. 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_current_app is provided by the MCP Android Agent MCP server (nim444/mcp-android-server-python). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 28 MCP Android Agent tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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28 MCP Android Agent tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.