Get abuse contact information for an IP address.
AI agents call get_abuse_contact to retrieve information from IPInfo 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 public abuse contact information without side effects, making it a Read category tool. The low severity reflects that exposure of this tool to an AI agent poses minimal risk—querying contact information for IP addresses is a passive, informational operation with no ability to modify systems, execute code, or cause harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_abuse_contact' and description 'Get abuse contact information for an IP address' indicate a retrieval operation that queries the IPInfo API for publicly available contact data associated with an IP address.
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Get abuse contact information for an IP address. It is categorised as a Read tool in the IPInfo MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the IPInfo MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_abuse_contact: 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 IPInfo MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_abuse_contact 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_abuse_contact 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_abuse_contact. 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_abuse_contact is provided by the IPInfo MCP Server MCP server (nimblebraininc/mcp-ipinfo). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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