Download a file from the remote SSH server to the local machine via SFTP. Returns: Success message with transfer details Use cases: - Retrieve log files for analysis - Download backups or exports - Fetch configuration files for review
AI agents call ssh_download to retrieve information from Playwright Stealth without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves files from a remote server without altering, creating, or destroying data. While it accesses remote systems via SSH (which adds complexity), the core action is read-only data transfer. Severity is medium because unauthorized file downloads could expose sensitive logs, backups, or configuration files, but the impact depends on which files are accessible and their content sensitivity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ssh_download' and description 'Download a file from the remote SSH server to the local machine via SFTP' indicates retrieval of data with no modification or deletion.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ssh_download gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Playwright Stealth, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for ssh_download:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ssh_download": {}
}
}ssh_download is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Download a file from the remote SSH server to the local machine via SFTP. Returns: Success message with transfer details Use cases: - Retrieve log files for analysis - Download backups or exports - Fetch configuration files for review. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Playwright Stealth MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Playwright Stealth MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ssh_download: 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 Playwright Stealth. Nothing to install.
ssh_download 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 ssh_download 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 ssh_download. 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.
ssh_download is provided by the Playwright Stealth MCP server (pulsemcp/mcp-servers). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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