AI agents call api_algod_get_application_box to retrieve information from BNB Chain MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves application box data by name from what appears to be an Algorand integration within the BNB Chain MCP server. It performs a query/lookup operation without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any code. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could retrieve unintended application box data, but cannot alter state or execute commands. This is a straightforward Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get application box by name' — this is a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access api_algod_get_application_box gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and BNB Chain MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for api_algod_get_application_box:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"api_algod_get_application_box": {}
}
}api_algod_get_application_box is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get application box by name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the BNB Chain MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the BNB Chain MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for api_algod_get_application_box: 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 BNB Chain MCP. Nothing to install.
api_algod_get_application_box 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 api_algod_get_application_box 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 api_algod_get_application_box. 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.
api_algod_get_application_box is provided by the BNB Chain MCP server (nirholas/bnbchain-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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