Get complete details for a specific document including full metadata, content preview, tags, correspondent, and document type information.
AI agents call get_document to retrieve information from Paperless-NGX MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves and queries document information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any external actions. It is purely informational and has no side effects on the Paperless-NGX system. Severity is low because exposure of this tool allows an AI agent to read potentially sensitive document metadata, but cannot cause irreversible harm or unauthorized modifications.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_document' and description states it 'Get[s] complete details for a specific document including full metadata, content preview, tags, correspondent, and document type information.' This is a retrieval operation with no modification or…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_document gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Paperless-NGX MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_document:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_document": {}
}
}get_document is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get complete details for a specific document including full metadata, content preview, tags, correspondent, and document type information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Paperless-NGX MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Paperless-NGX MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_document: 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 Paperless-NGX MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_document 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_document 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_document. 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_document is provided by the Paperless-NGX MCP Server MCP server (nloui/paperless-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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