Get recently saved articles from Instapaper. Returns title, author, domain, read time, status, top-N site images where available, and article URLs as resource links. In MCP Apps hosts, renders an interactive article card list inline.
AI agents call get_recent_reads to retrieve information from Rewind without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and queries saved articles from a personal reading service without any side effects, state changes, or capability to modify data. It is a straightforward read operation consistent with the 'Read' category definition. Severity is low because misuse would only leak personal article reading history without operational impact.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get recently saved articles from Instapaper' and explicitly lists retrieval-only outputs: 'Returns title, author, domain, read time, status, top-N site images where available, and article URLs'.
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Get recently saved articles from Instapaper. Returns title, author, domain, read time, status, top-N site images where available, and article URLs as resource links. In MCP Apps hosts, renders an interactive article card list inline. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rewind MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Rewind MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_reads: 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 Rewind. Nothing to install.
get_recent_reads 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_recent_reads 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_recent_reads. 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_recent_reads is provided by the Rewind MCP server (rewind-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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