Returns a list of UI nodes currently visible on the device screen, focusing on text labels and content descriptions. Each node contains properties like text, bounds, clickable, focusable, and others. No parameters are required.
AI agents call get_current_ui_labels to retrieve information from Ultimate Android MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries the current state of the Android UI without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It's a read-only inspection capability. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—the AI gains visibility into the screen but cannot directly interact with it or control the device through this tool alone.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Returns a list of UI nodes currently visible on the device screen' with properties like text, bounds, clickable, focusable. No parameters required.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_current_ui_labels gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Ultimate Android MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_current_ui_labels:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_current_ui_labels": {}
}
} get_current_ui_labels is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns a list of UI nodes currently visible on the device screen, focusing on text labels and content descriptions. Each node contains properties like text, bounds, clickable, focusable, and others. No parameters are required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ultimate Android MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ultimate Android MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_current_ui_labels: 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 Ultimate Android MCP. Nothing to install.
get_current_ui_labels 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_current_ui_labels 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_current_ui_labels. 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_current_ui_labels is provided by the Ultimate Android MCP server (oddlyspaced/ultimate-android-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Ultimate Android MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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