AI agents call get_table_styles to retrieve information from DOCX-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves table style properties/metadata without altering, creating, or deleting content. Though the description is empty (lowering confidence slightly), the naming convention and context among sibling Read tools strongly indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects or data modifications.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_table_styles' indicates retrieval of style information from tables. No description provided, but the verb 'get' combined with sibling tools like 'get_document_info', 'get_table_data_and_structure', and 'list_tables' (all Read operations)…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_table_styles gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and DOCX-MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_table_styles:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_table_styles": {}
}
}get_table_styles is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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get_table_styles. It is categorised as a Read tool in the DOCX-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the DOCX- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_table_styles: 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 DOCX-MCP. Nothing to install.
get_table_styles 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_table_styles 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_table_styles. 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_table_styles is provided by the DOCX- MCP server (rookie0x80/docx-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from DOCX-MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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