Get sanitized text snapshot. Hidden elements stripped. Content wrapped in trust labels. Injection patterns flagged.
AI agents call chrome_snapshot to retrieve information from Chrome MCP Stealth without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves a processed view of webpage content without side effects. While it operates within a browser automation context designed to bypass detection, the snapshot operation itself only reads and sanitizes existing data. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'chrome_snapshot' and description 'Get sanitized text snapshot' indicates data retrieval. The description explicitly states it retrieves and processes text content (stripping hidden elements, wrapping content, flagging patterns) with no modification…
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Get sanitized text snapshot. Hidden elements stripped. Content wrapped in trust labels. Injection patterns flagged. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Chrome MCP Stealth MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Chrome MCP Stealth MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for chrome_snapshot: 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 Chrome MCP Stealth. Nothing to install.
chrome_snapshot 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 chrome_snapshot 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 chrome_snapshot. 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.
chrome_snapshot is provided by the Chrome MCP Stealth MCP server (riaan-fourie/chrome-mcp-stealth). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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