Show IP routing table with optional protocol filter.
AI agents call show_routing_table to retrieve information from Netmiko MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays the IP routing table from a network device. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any commands that would change device state. The optional protocol filter is a read parameter, not an action parameter. This is a straightforward information retrieval operation typical of network monitoring and diagnostic tasks.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'show_routing_table' and description 'Show IP routing table with optional protocol filter' indicate retrieval of routing information without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Show IP routing table with optional protocol filter. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Netmiko MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Netmiko MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for show_routing_table: 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 Netmiko MCP Server. Nothing to install.
show_routing_table 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 show_routing_table 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 show_routing_table. 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.
show_routing_table is provided by the Netmiko MCP Server MCP server (owen123-lang/netmiko_mcp_server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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