Get detailed user information by ID or email. Only available to instance owner. Returns user profile including role and account status. Use this to verify user details before role changes.
AI agents call n8n_get_user to retrieve information from n8n Management 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 user profile information (role, account status) without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It is a read-only query operation. While it is restricted to the instance owner, the blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure rather than system alteration or financial impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description: 'Get detailed user information by ID or email' and 'Returns user profile including role and account status'. The action is purely retrieving/querying user data with no modifications, deletions, or side effects.
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Get detailed user information by ID or email. Only available to instance owner. Returns user profile including role and account status. Use this to verify user details before role changes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the n8n Management MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the n8n Management MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for n8n_get_user: 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 n8n Management MCP Server. Nothing to install.
n8n_get_user 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 n8n_get_user 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 n8n_get_user. 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.
n8n_get_user is provided by the n8n Management MCP Server MCP server (node2flow-th/n8n-management-mcp-community). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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