Get the content of a specific rule by its ID.
AI agents call GetRuleContentById to retrieve information from ContextualAgentRulesHub without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves rule content by ID, which is a read-only query operation. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The low severity reflects that retrieving rule metadata or guidelines poses minimal risk—the content is static reference data with no destructive or financial implications.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'GetRuleContentById' and description 'Get the content of a specific rule by its ID' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
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Get the content of a specific rule by its ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ContextualAgentRulesHub MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ContextualAgentRulesHub MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for GetRuleContentById: 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 ContextualAgentRulesHub. Nothing to install.
GetRuleContentById 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 GetRuleContentById 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 GetRuleContentById. 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.
GetRuleContentById is provided by the ContextualAgentRulesHub MCP server (oshvartz/contextualagentruleshub). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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