Get the complete content structure and page hierarchy of a GitBook space
AI agents call get_space_content to retrieve information from GitBook 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 and queries documentation content structure without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation consistent with other sibling tools (get_file, get_page_content, list_spaces) on the GitBook server. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an AI agent retrieving excessive documentation content poses no financial, destructive, or execution risks.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_space_content' and description states 'Get the complete content structure and page hierarchy' — both indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_space_content gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and GitBook MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_space_content:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_space_content": {}
}
}get_space_content 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 complete content structure and page hierarchy of a GitBook space. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitBook MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GitBook MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_space_content: 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 GitBook MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_space_content 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_space_content 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_space_content. 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_space_content is provided by the GitBook MCP Server MCP server (rickysullivan/gitbook-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from GitBook 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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