Get pinned messages from a channel. Pinned messages often contain important information, rules, or links.
AI agents call discord_pinned_messages to retrieve information from Discord User without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing data (pinned messages) from a Discord channel with no side effects or ability to modify, delete, or execute actions. It is purely informational in nature, similar to fetching or searching data. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only read information already visible to the user, which aligns with the Read category severity.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves pinned messages from a channel without modification. Description states 'Get pinned messages' which is a read-only query operation. No deletion, modification, execution, or financial operations are involved.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access discord_pinned_messages gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Discord User, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for discord_pinned_messages:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"discord_pinned_messages": {}
}
} discord_pinned_messages is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get pinned messages from a channel. Pinned messages often contain important information, rules, or links. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Discord User MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Discord User MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discord_pinned_messages: 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 Discord User. Nothing to install.
discord_pinned_messages 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 discord_pinned_messages 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 discord_pinned_messages. 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.
discord_pinned_messages is provided by the Discord User MCP server (olivier-motium/discord-user-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Discord User, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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