Get the visible text content of the current page
AI agents call playwright_get_visible_text to retrieve information from Playwright MCP Server for Security without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation that retrieves visible text from a webpage. It has no capacity to modify, delete, execute code, or trigger external operations. The only potential concern is information disclosure if sensitive data is visible on a page, but that is an inherent property of the page itself, not a capability of this tool. Classification as Read is appropriate with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'playwright_get_visible_text' and description 'Get the visible text content of the current page' indicate retrieval of data with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the visible text content of the current page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Playwright MCP Server for Security MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Playwright MCP Server for Security MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for playwright_get_visible_text: 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 Playwright MCP Server for Security. Nothing to install.
playwright_get_visible_text 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 playwright_get_visible_text 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 playwright_get_visible_text. 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.
playwright_get_visible_text is provided by the Playwright MCP Server for Security MCP server (o0x1024/mcp-playwright-security). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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