Fetch the OCR full text of an Internet Archive item by identifier (from
AI agents call get_archive_text to retrieve information from Philosophy without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves already-published OCR text from the Internet Archive using an identifier. It is a read-only operation that queries and returns data without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or committing financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only retrieve publicly available texts they likely already have access to through the Internet Archive directly.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_archive_text' and description 'Fetch the OCR full text of an Internet Archive item by identifier' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Fetch the OCR full text of an Internet Archive item by identifier (from. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Philosophy MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Philosophy MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_archive_text: 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 Philosophy. Nothing to install.
get_archive_text 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_archive_text 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_archive_text. 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_archive_text is provided by the Philosophy MCP server (sea9401/philosophy-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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