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 Pointsyeah without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a one-way file transfer from remote to local system. No data is modified, deleted, executed, or created on either system. The operation is purely a read/retrieval action. While network access and file handling are involved, the blast radius is limited to copying existing data to a local machine without side effects on the remote system.
From the tool's definition Tool downloads files from remote SSH server to local machine via SFTP. Description explicitly states use cases are 'Retrieve log files', 'Download backups', 'Fetch configuration files' — all retrieval operations with no modification or deletion.
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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 Pointsyeah MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pointsyeah 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 Pointsyeah. 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 Pointsyeah MCP server (slack-workspace-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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