Get an email template by name
AI agents call get_email_template to retrieve information from Enhanced 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 an email template from storage by its name. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. It is a straightforward data retrieval operation with no side effects, fitting the 'Read' category. Severity is low because email templates are typically non-sensitive reference data, and misuse would only expose existing template content without operational impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_email_template' and description 'Get an email template by name' indicate retrieval of stored data without modification. The verb 'get' denotes a read-only query operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get an email template by name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Enhanced MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Enhanced MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_email_template: 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 Enhanced MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_email_template 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_email_template 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_email_template. 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_email_template is provided by the Enhanced MCP Server MCP server (pbulbule13/mcpwithgoogle). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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