AI agents call get_book_list to retrieve information from Get Gather without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves user personal data (book list) from a Goodreads account without creating, modifying, or deleting anything. It falls clearly into the Read category. Severity is medium because unauthorized access to personal reading history and preferences could enable profiling, identity theft, or stalking; however, it does not directly move money or destroy data.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_book_list' and description states it will 'Get the book list from a user's Goodreads account.' This is a retrieval operation with no modification capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_book_list gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Get Gather, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_book_list:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_book_list": {}
}
}get_book_list is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the book list from a user's Goodreads account. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Get Gather MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Get Gather MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_book_list: 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 Get Gather. Nothing to install.
get_book_list 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_book_list 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_book_list. 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_book_list is provided by the Get Gather MCP server (remotebrowser/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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