Get full details of a specific advisory document.
AI agents call get_advisory_document to retrieve information from Quarterback without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries data about an advisory document without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk—the worst outcome of misuse would be unauthorized access to advisory document content, not destructive or financial harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_advisory_document' and description 'Get full details of a specific advisory document' indicate retrieval of existing data with no modification or side effects.
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Get full details of a specific advisory document. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Quarterback MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Quarterback MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_advisory_document: 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 Quarterback. Nothing to install.
get_advisory_document 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_advisory_document 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_advisory_document. 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_advisory_document is provided by the Quarterback MCP server (bobbyrgoldsmith/quarterback). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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