Retrieve a specific version of a workflow.
AI agents call get_workflow_version to retrieve information from Respan 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 workflow version information from the Respan system. The verb 'Retrieve' combined with 'get_' naming convention clearly indicates a query operation. There is no indication of data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact. The blast radius of misuse is minimal as the tool only returns information about existing workflows.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_workflow_version' and description 'Retrieve a specific version of a workflow' indicate a read-only operation that fetches existing data without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve a specific version of a workflow. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Respan MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Respan MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_workflow_version: 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 Respan MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_workflow_version 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_workflow_version 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_workflow_version. 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_workflow_version is provided by the Respan MCP Server MCP server (respanai/respan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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