Find pets by status
AI agents call find_pets_by_status to retrieve information from Petstore MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a retrieval operation that searches for pets matching a given status. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any changes to data. This is a straightforward Read category tool with low severity since data retrieval poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_pets_by_status' and description 'Find pets by status' indicate a query/search operation that retrieves data without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Find pets by status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Petstore MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Petstore MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_pets_by_status: 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 Petstore MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find_pets_by_status 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 find_pets_by_status 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 find_pets_by_status. 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.
find_pets_by_status is provided by the Petstore MCP Server MCP server (raghavendraprakash/mcpforrestapis). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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