get_ux_app
Get configuration details of a Next Experience application
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What get_ux_app does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit
AI agents call get_ux_app to retrieve information from NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_ux_app is rated Low
This tool retrieves application configuration information from ServiceNow without any capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. It poses minimal risk as it only reads existing configuration data. Severity is low because configuration details are typically non-sensitive metadata, and the blast radius of accidental misuse is limited to information disclosure.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ux_app' and description 'Get configuration details of a Next Experience application' indicate data retrieval without modification. The verb 'Get' and the read-only nature of 'configuration details' confirm this is a query operation.
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The rule that runs get_ux_app safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_ux_app, this is the rule to start with:
get_ux_app is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit, apply this rule, and every get_ux_app call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_ux_app
Get configuration details of a Next Experience application. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ux_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 NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit. Nothing to install.
get_ux_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_ux_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_ux_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_ux_app is provided by the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP server (nowaikit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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