Get currently selected components
AI agents call get_selection to retrieve information from SketchupMCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves information about the current selection in SketchUp. It performs no modifications, executions, deletions, or financial operations. It is a pure read operation with no side effects, making it the lowest severity category. The confidence is high because the intent is unambiguous from both the name and description.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_selection' and description 'Get currently selected components' indicate a query operation that retrieves state without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get currently selected components. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SketchupMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sketchup MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_selection: 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 SketchupMCP. Nothing to install.
get_selection 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_selection 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_selection. 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_selection is provided by the Sketchup MCP server (piexl/sketchup-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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