AI agents call get_player_games_by_month to retrieve information from Chess Com 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 historical game data for a specific player filtered by month. Chess.com player game records are public information. The operation has no side effects—it only queries and returns data without creating, modifying, or deleting anything. This is a straightforward Read classification.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_player_games_by_month' and server description indicate retrieval of player game records. Sibling tools like 'get_player_profile', 'get_player_stats', 'get_player_current_games', and 'get_player_game_archives' all perform read operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_player_games_by_month gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Chess Com MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_player_games_by_month:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_player_games_by_month": {}
}
}get_player_games_by_month is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get a player. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Chess Com MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Chess Com MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_player_games_by_month: 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 Chess Com MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_player_games_by_month 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_player_games_by_month 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_player_games_by_month. 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_player_games_by_month is provided by the Chess Com MCP Server MCP server (pab1it0/chess-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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