Low Risk

get_text

Get visible text from page or element.

How to control get_text ↓

What get_text does on MCP Camoufox

AI agents call get_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.

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Why get_text needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries visible text content from a web page or DOM element. It performs a read-only operation that does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. Despite the server's broader capability for web automation and bot evasion, this specific tool is limited to passive text extraction, making it a Read category tool with low severity.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_text' and description 'Get visible text from page or element' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_text gives an agent:

How to control get_text

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 get_text:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_text": {}
  }
}

get_text is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register MCP Camoufox — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about get_text

What does the get_text tool do? +

Get visible text from page or element. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Camoufox MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_text? +

Register the MCP Camoufox MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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.

What risk level is get_text? +

get_text is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_text? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_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.

How do I block get_text completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_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.

What MCP server provides get_text? +

get_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.

Enforce policy on every MCP Camoufox tool call.

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