AI agents call get_recently_updated to retrieve information from OpenAPI Directory MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data from the APIs.guru directory to identify recently updated APIs. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, reversible modifications, code execution, data destruction, or financial impact. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve informational metadata about API specs.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_recently_updated' and description 'Get recently updated APIs' indicate a retrieval operation that queries the OpenAPI specs directory for recently modified API metadata. No modification, deletion, or execution capabilities are indicated.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_recently_updated gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OpenAPI Directory MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_recently_updated:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_recently_updated": {}
}
}get_recently_updated is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get recently updated APIs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OpenAPI Directory MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OpenAPI Directory MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recently_updated: 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 OpenAPI Directory MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_recently_updated 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_recently_updated 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_recently_updated. 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_recently_updated is provided by the OpenAPI Directory MCP Server MCP server (rawveg/openapi-directory-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from OpenAPI Directory MCP 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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