Get a document by ID from lightpaper.org. Returns full content, metadata, quality score, and author info.
AI agents call get_lightpaper 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 and queries existing documents from the platform without side effects. It matches the Read category definition: retrieves or queries data with no side effects. The low severity reflects that unauthorized access to published documents carries minimal blast radius, as lightpapers are intended for public web distribution.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_lightpaper' and description states it 'Get[s] a document by ID' and 'Returns full content, metadata, quality score, and author info' — purely retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
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Get a document by ID from lightpaper.org. Returns full content, metadata, quality score, and author info. 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_lightpaper: 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_lightpaper 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_lightpaper 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_lightpaper. 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_lightpaper 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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