Get incidents with pagination support
AI agents call get_incidents to retrieve information from Datadog 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 incident data from Datadog without creating, modifying, or deleting any resources. The use of 'Get' and pagination support confirms it is a read-only operation that simply fetches existing incident information. No side effects or irreversible actions are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_incidents' and description 'Get incidents with pagination support' indicate retrieval/query operations with no modifications or deletions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get incidents with pagination support. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Datadog MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Datadog MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_incidents: 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 Datadog MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_incidents 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_incidents 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_incidents. 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_incidents is provided by the Datadog MCP Server MCP server (ppandrangi/datadog-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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