resolve_name
AI agents call resolve_name to retrieve information from Nasa Exoplanet without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Name resolution (e.g., resolving a planet or star name to a canonical identifier) is a read/lookup operation with no side effects. The name suggests it queries the archive to resolve an astronomical object name. Empty description lowers confidence, but in this context destructive or write behavior is very unlikely.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'resolve_name' on a NASA Exoplanet Archive server; description is empty.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
resolve_name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nasa Exoplanet MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Nasa Exoplanet MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for resolve_name: 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 Nasa Exoplanet. Nothing to install.
resolve_name 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 resolve_name 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 resolve_name. 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.
resolve_name is provided by the Nasa Exoplanet MCP server (saikrmet/nasa-exoplanet-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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