Get recent messages/updates received by the bot.
AI agents call get_updates to retrieve information from Telegram Mcp Kit without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical message data that the bot has already received. It performs a query operation without modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. While the data retrieved may contain sensitive information (user messages), the tool itself is strictly a read operation with no capability to alter state or trigger external effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_updates' and description 'Get recent messages/updates received by the bot' indicate data retrieval with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get recent messages/updates received by the bot. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Telegram Mcp Kit MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Telegram Mcp Kit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_updates: 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 Telegram Mcp Kit. Nothing to install.
get_updates 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_updates 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_updates. 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_updates is provided by the Telegram Mcp Kit MCP server (quoctang/telegram-mcp-kit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_updates is one line of Telegram Mcp Kit's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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