Get all WhatsApp chats involving the contact.
AI agents call get_contact_chats to retrieve information from WhatsApp MCP Automation without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves chat history and metadata for a specific contact—a read-only operation with no side effects. However, severity is elevated to 'medium' rather than 'low' because WhatsApp conversations often contain sensitive personal, business, or financial information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_contact_chats' and description 'Get all WhatsApp chats involving the contact' indicate data retrieval with no modification or deletion.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get all WhatsApp chats involving the contact. It is categorised as a Read tool in the WhatsApp MCP Automation MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the WhatsApp MCP Automation MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_contact_chats: 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 WhatsApp MCP Automation. Nothing to install.
get_contact_chats 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_contact_chats 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_contact_chats. 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_contact_chats is provided by the WhatsApp MCP Automation MCP server (priyasogani8-star/whatsapp-mcp-automation). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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