AI agents call browser_screenshot_annotate to retrieve information from Termux Browser Pilot without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
A screenshot tool primarily reads/captures the current browser state (a Read operation). Annotation may involve writing overlay data, but the dominant action is capturing visual state. However, the description is empty, lowering confidence. Given the browser automation context, this tool likely captures and annotates a screenshot without side effects on the browser state itself.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'browser_screenshot_annotate' and empty description. Name suggests taking a screenshot and annotating it.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access browser_screenshot_annotate gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Termux Browser Pilot, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for browser_screenshot_annotate:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"browser_screenshot_annotate": {}
}
}browser_screenshot_annotate is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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browser_screenshot_annotate. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Termux Browser Pilot MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Termux Browser Pilot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for browser_screenshot_annotate: 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 Termux Browser Pilot. Nothing to install.
browser_screenshot_annotate 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 browser_screenshot_annotate 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 browser_screenshot_annotate. 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.
browser_screenshot_annotate is provided by the Termux Browser Pilot MCP server (salviz/termux-browser-pilot). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Termux Browser Pilot, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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