conversation_get

What conversation_get does on OpenClaw

AI agents call conversation_get to retrieve information from OpenClaw without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why conversation_get is rated Low

This tool retrieves a single conversation record by its session key identifier. The verb 'Get' and the absence of any language suggesting modification, deletion, or execution means this is a read-only query operation. The severity is low because retrieving conversation history has minimal blast radius—it does not modify data, execute code, or trigger external side effects.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'conversation_get' and description 'Get one OpenClaw conversation by session key' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification capability.

The rule that runs conversation_get safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and OpenClaw, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For conversation_get, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "conversation_get": {}
  }
}

Questions about conversation_get