Get a public author profile by handle. Returns display name, bio, gravity level, badges, and their published documents.
AI agents call get_author_profile to retrieve information from Lightpaper Mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing public profile information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is purely a data read operation with no side effects, matching the 'Read' category definition (retrieves or queries data; no side effects). The data is explicitly described as 'public,' indicating low sensitivity.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate it 'Get[s] a public author profile' and 'Returns' profile data. The retrieval of public profile information, display name, bio, gravity level, badges, and published documents involves no modifications or side effects.
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Get a public author profile by handle. Returns display name, bio, gravity level, badges, and their published documents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Lightpaper Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Lightpaper MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_author_profile: 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 Lightpaper Mcp. Nothing to install.
get_author_profile 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_author_profile 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_author_profile. 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_author_profile is provided by the Lightpaper MCP server (pypi:lightpaper-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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