Gets items referring to a Sitecore item by its path, showing which items reference it.
AI agents call common-get-item-referrer-by-path to retrieve information from SitecoreMCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves referential metadata about items that point to a given Sitecore item. It performs a lookup query without side effects, altering no data, executing no code, and triggering no external operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal: an agent could discover unwanted reference relationships but cannot modify, delete, or execute anything. This is a classic Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Gets items referring to a Sitecore item by its path, showing which items reference it' — a pure query/retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Gets items referring to a Sitecore item by its path, showing which items reference it. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SitecoreMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sitecore MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for common-get-item-referrer-by-path: 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 SitecoreMCP. Nothing to install.
common-get-item-referrer-by-path 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 common-get-item-referrer-by-path 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 common-get-item-referrer-by-path. 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.
common-get-item-referrer-by-path is provided by the Sitecore MCP server (ramseur/mcp-sitecore-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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