AI agents call getExample to retrieve information from Swagger without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool name and context suggest it retrieves example data (likely code examples or API request/response samples) from the API specification. This is a read-only operation that queries existing documentation without modifying any data. While the description is empty, the tool name and sibling tools provide sufficient context to classify this as a Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getExample' and sibling tools like 'getApiDocumentation', 'getSchema', 'searchEndpoints', and 'test' indicate documentation/schema retrieval. The tool appears to retrieve code examples from API documentation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access getExample gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Swagger, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for getExample:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"getExample": {}
}
}getExample is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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getExample. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Swagger MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Swagger MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getExample: 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 Swagger. Nothing to install.
getExample 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 getExample 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 getExample. 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.
getExample is provided by the Swagger MCP server (salacoste/openapi-mcp-swagger). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Swagger, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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