AI agents call get_page_links to retrieve information from MCP Web Browser Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves link data from a webpage without causing side effects, creating data, executing code, or triggering external operations. It is a straightforward read operation that poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as it only extracts publicly visible page content.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_page_links' and description 'Extract all links from the current page' indicate passive data retrieval with no modification or execution of external actions.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_page_links gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Web Browser Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_page_links:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_page_links": {}
}
}get_page_links is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Extract all links from the current page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Web Browser Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Web Browser Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_page_links: 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 MCP Web Browser Server. Nothing to install.
get_page_links 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_page_links 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_page_links. 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_page_links is provided by the MCP Web Browser Server MCP server (random-robbie/mcp-web-browser). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Web Browser Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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