Find element by visible text — returns ref ID or null. Skip browser_snapshot if you know exact text.
AI agents call find_by_text to retrieve information from MCP Camoufox without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves element references by matching visible text on a webpage—a read operation with no side effects. However, severity is elevated from 'low' to 'medium' because the tool is part of a stealth browser automation system designed to evade detection systems. An AI agent using this tool could facilitate automated scraping, credential theft, or account takeover at scale while remaining undetected.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Find element by visible text — returns ref ID or null'. The verb 'Find' and return of a reference ID without modification indicate data retrieval.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access find_by_text gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Camoufox, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for find_by_text:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"find_by_text": {}
}
}find_by_text is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Find element by visible text — returns ref ID or null. Skip browser_snapshot if you know exact text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Camoufox MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Camoufox MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_by_text: 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 MCP Camoufox. Nothing to install.
find_by_text 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 find_by_text 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 find_by_text. 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.
find_by_text is provided by the MCP Camoufox MCP server (robithyusuf/mcp-camoufox). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Camoufox, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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