AI agents call get_instagram_profile to retrieve information from Scavio without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a Read operation—it retrieves user profile data from Instagram with no side effects. Severity is medium rather than low because profile data can include personal information (follower counts, bio, profile picture, etc.) that could enable social engineering, stalking, or privacy violations if an AI agent abuses bulk retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_instagram_profile' and description 'Get an Instagram user' indicate data retrieval. The sibling tools (get_instagram_user_followers, get_instagram_user_followings, get_instagram_user_posts, etc.) are all retrieval operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get an Instagram user. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scavio MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scavio MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_instagram_profile: 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 Scavio. Nothing to install.
get_instagram_profile 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_instagram_profile 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_instagram_profile. 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_instagram_profile is provided by the Scavio MCP server (@scavio/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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