get_workspace_secrets
AI agents call get_workspace_secrets to retrieve information from RunWhen Platform MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves secrets (passwords, API keys, tokens) from a workspace without modifying them. While categorized as Read per the ruleset, the severity is elevated to medium because exposure of secrets could enable credential theft and downstream system compromise, even though the tool itself performs no destructive or financial actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_workspace_secrets' indicates retrieval of sensitive credential data. Description is empty, limiting direct confirmation, but the naming convention strongly suggests read-only access to workspace secrets.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_workspace_secrets. It is categorised as a Read tool in the RunWhen Platform MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the RunWhen Platform MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_workspace_secrets: 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 RunWhen Platform MCP. Nothing to install.
get_workspace_secrets 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_workspace_secrets 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_workspace_secrets. 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_workspace_secrets is provided by the RunWhen Platform MCP server (runwhen-contrib/runwhen-platform-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_workspace_secrets is one line of RunWhen Platform's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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