Get extracted plain text from any document type with character-based pagination
AI agents call get_document_text to retrieve information from Folder without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves document content in plain text format with pagination support. It is a read-only operation that queries and returns data without side effects, altering data, or triggering external operations. The paginated retrieval mechanism suggests it is designed for safe browsing of file contents. No destructive, write, execute, or financial operations are indicated.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get extracted plain text from any document type with character-based pagination' with no mention of modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_document_text gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Folder, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_document_text:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_document_text": {}
}
}get_document_text is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get extracted plain text from any document type with character-based pagination. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Folder MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Folder MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_document_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 Folder. Nothing to install.
get_document_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 get_document_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 get_document_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.
get_document_text is provided by the Folder MCP server (okets/folder-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Folder, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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