Scan a URL for phishing, typosquatting, homoglyphs, and malware. Uses VirusTotal (if configured) and heuristic analysis. Returns severity (clean/suspicious/malicious) with detailed risk indicators.
AI agents call url_scan to retrieve information from Mcp Services without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
url_scan performs read-only analysis of URL safety characteristics. It queries external services (VirusTotal and heuristics) and returns threat assessment data. No code execution, data modification, deletion, or financial operations occur. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius: misuse would only result in scanning unwanted URLs, with no capability to cause damage or access sensitive systems.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Scan a URL for phishing, typosquatting, homoglyphs, and malware' and 'Returns severity (clean/suspicious/malicious) with detailed risk indicators.' This is a security analysis function that retrieves and analyzes threat information…
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Scan a URL for phishing, typosquatting, homoglyphs, and malware. Uses VirusTotal (if configured) and heuristic analysis. Returns severity (clean/suspicious/malicious) with detailed risk indicators. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Services MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Services MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for url_scan: 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 Mcp Services. Nothing to install.
url_scan 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 url_scan 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 url_scan. 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.
url_scan is provided by the Mcp Services MCP server (san-npm/mcp-services). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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