Get a specific guardrail from Infracost Cloud. Requires INFRACOST_SERVICE_TOKEN environment variable.
AI agents call infracost_cloud_get_guardrail to retrieve information from Infracost 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/queries guardrail configuration data from Infracost Cloud. The 'get' operation is a read-only operation that returns information without creating, modifying, or deleting resources.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get a specific guardrail from Infracost Cloud', indicating retrieval without modification or side effects.
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Get a specific guardrail from Infracost Cloud. Requires INFRACOST_SERVICE_TOKEN environment variable. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Infracost MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Infracost MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for infracost_cloud_get_guardrail: 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 Infracost MCP Server. Nothing to install.
infracost_cloud_get_guardrail 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 infracost_cloud_get_guardrail 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 infracost_cloud_get_guardrail. 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.
infracost_cloud_get_guardrail is provided by the Infracost MCP Server MCP server (phildougherty/infracost_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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